Shanti an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at Houston Zoo

Shanti
ID Number:   SSP Number: 308 - 
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ Notice: A non well formed numeric value encountered in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/database2.php on line 844 30 years old
Management:Free contact
Location:Houston Zoo
ArrivalHouston Zoo 2001-04-09
from ARC (Murray Hill-Arlan Seidon)
ARC (Murray Hill-Arlan Seidon) 1995-09-12
from Buffalo Zoo
Buffalo Zoo 1995-04-18
from Lincoln Park Zoo
Born:* 1990-10-11 captive-born
in Lincoln Park Zoo
Parents: Onyx (Big Mac) x Bozie
Offspring and year of birth:
  1. (F) 2004-08-17 -- † 2005-04-15 Bella, SSP nr: 552
  2. (M) 2006-10-01 -- † 2008-11-09 Mac, SSP nr: 645
  3. (M) 2010-05-04 Baylor, SSP nr: 671
  4. (M) 2014-02-08 Duncan, SSP nr: 760
  5. (F) 2017-07-12 Joy, SSP nr: 00
  6. (M) 2020-05-12 Nelson, SSP nr: 00
Siblings through the father Onyx (Big Mac):
  1. 1985-06-12 -- † 1985-06-12 (F) noname
  2. 1991-07-26 -- † 1993-02-28 (F) Maiya (Kate)
  3. 1992-09-07 -- † 1992-09-07 (M) stillborn
  4. 1992-12-27(M) Raja
  5. 1995-02-02(F) Asha
  6. 1996-07-02(F) Chandra
  7. 1997-09-06 -- † 1997-09-06 (M) stillborn
  8. 1998-05-17 -- † 2000-11-29 (M) Kala
  9. 1999-11-28 -- † 2002-06-07 (M) Haji
  10. 2000-04-12 -- † 2000-04-12 (M) Pete
  11. 2000-11-03 -- † 2007-06-08 (F) Hansa
Shantis pedigree:
P I II III

Shanti

Sire:
Onyx (Big Mac)

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Dame:
Bozie

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Document updated2009-01-26: Previous locations, SSP, Text, Source
2010-02-09: Text
2010-05-06: not pregnant
2014-02-04: pregnant
2014-02-08: not pregnant
Shanti was first bred at 11 years old by Thai in the summer of 2002. She gave birth at age 13 to Bella.

In February 2010, the Houston Zoo announced that two of its female elephants were pregnant. Shanti was due to give birth in the spring and Tess in the fall, both impregnated naturally by the zoos breeding bull, Thai.

2014-02-08: Shanti had a 385-lb (174.6) male calf named Duncan early this morning.

Reference list

Koehl, D., (2020). Shanti, an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at Houston Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2020 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=603. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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