Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Shanti at Houston Zoo

Location

Shanti is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at Houston Zoo, in United States.

Shanti arrived Houston Zoo 2001-04-09, relocated from ARC (Murray Hill-Arlan Seidon), in United States.

In Houston Zoo, Shanti lives together with 12 other elephants with records as alive in this database:

1. 7. ♂ Baylor born 2010-05-04
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2. 8. ♂ Duncan born 2014-02-08
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3. 9. ♀ Joy born 2017-07-12
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4. 10. ♀ Methai (Me Thai) born 1969
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5. 11. ♂ Nelson born 2020-05-12
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6. 12. ♂ Teddy born 2021-05-16
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7. 13. ♀ Tess born 1981
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8. 14. ♂ Thai (Thailand) born 1965
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9. 15. ♀ Tilly born 2018-06-17
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10. 16. ♂ Tucker born 2005-05-12
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11. 17. ♀ Tupelo born 2010-10-03
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12. 18. ♀ Winnie born 2021-03-10
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See also a more detailed list with the elephants arrival dates etc.

Offspring

1. (F) 2004-08-17 -- † 2005-04-15 Bella SSP id: 552
2. (M) 2006-10-01 -- † 2008-11-09 Mac SSP id: 645
3. (M) 2010-05-04 Baylor SSP id: 671
4. (M) 2014-02-08 Duncan SSP id: 760
5. (F) 2017-07-12 Joy SSP id: 00
6. (M) 2020-05-12 Nelson SSP id: 00

Origin

Shanti was born captive-born 1990-10-11 at Lincoln Park Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Shanti are: ♂ Onyx (Big Mac) (father) and ♀ Bozie (mother).

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

Pedigree

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.

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Ryan Easley, USA
• Shanti Gives Birth At Houston Zoo

• More elephants from: Houston Zoo
• More elephants from: United States
• More elephants that was born: 1990-10-11
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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