27 March 2019
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Shanti at Houston Zoo

27 March 2019
Now intensively researching how to get the database queries to work with php7. //Dan

Shanti
ID Number:   SSP Number: 308 - 
Species: Asian elephant
Sex and age:Female ♀ 29 years old
Management:Free contact
Location:Houston Zoo
ArrivedHouston Zoo 2001-04-09
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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: +771? (N/A)
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
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.

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