Shanti at Houston Zoo
| Shanti | ID Number: | SSP Number: 308 - | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Species: | Asian elephant | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sex and age: | Female ♀ 28 years old | |||||||||||||||||||
| Management: | Free contact | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Houston Zoo | |||||||||||||||||||
| Arrived | Houston 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Siblings through the father Onyx (Big Mac): |
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| Document updated | 2009-01-26: Previous locations, SSP, Text, Source 2010-02-09:Â Text 2010-05-06:Â not pregnant 2014-02-04:Â pregnant 2014-02-08:Â 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. Sources, among others
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