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| Main exhibt yard w/ barn in background Courtesy of R. Easley |
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Baltimore Zoo 2010
The following photographs were taken in May 2010 at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. The facility exhibits five African elephants - females Dolly, Anna and Felix with males Tuffy and Samson.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Artie
The following photo was taken by Wayne Jackson in Florida in 1990. The animal pictured is an African male owned by Gary Jacobson.
Friday, July 5, 2013
Riddle's Elephant Sanctuary 2004 I
The following photographs were taken in August 2004 at Riddle's Elephant Sanctuary. This documentation of the facility's morning bath routine features two of the six African males the Arkansas location held - Solomon and Tuffy.
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| Riddle's Elephant Sanctuary 08/2004 Courtesy of R. Easley |
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Bernstein Park Zoo
The Bernstein Park Zoo, fomerly located in Monroe, Louisiana, was shut down in 1967 for renovation. It reopened as the Louisiana Purchase Zoo.
A November 1969 news article states the Bernstein Park's elephant died recently. No further information is found regarding the identity or history of this animal. A 1963 news article describes the Elephant House as a "recent development." The 1969 article also references a new elephant is slated to arrive to replace its predesser. Information is only available on two elephants for this facility prior to the discovery of this news article - Michelle and Shirley.
The female Asian elephant Michelle is listed in the North American Regional Studbook for the Asian Elephant with a death date of ~1975. The Murray Hill records compilation lists a more accurate date of July 1974 due to severe arthritis. No further information is available regarding the history of this elephant.
Shirley's history is well-documented from her arrival to the Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros. Circus in 1954 to her eventual retirement to the Louisiana Purchase Zoo in 1977 and relocation to The Elephant Sanctuary in 1999 where she resides to this day.
Further information is sought regarding Michelle and her predecessor.
>> Monroe Morning World 12/29/1963
>> Monroe Star 11/12/1969
A November 1969 news article states the Bernstein Park's elephant died recently. No further information is found regarding the identity or history of this animal. A 1963 news article describes the Elephant House as a "recent development." The 1969 article also references a new elephant is slated to arrive to replace its predesser. Information is only available on two elephants for this facility prior to the discovery of this news article - Michelle and Shirley.
The female Asian elephant Michelle is listed in the North American Regional Studbook for the Asian Elephant with a death date of ~1975. The Murray Hill records compilation lists a more accurate date of July 1974 due to severe arthritis. No further information is available regarding the history of this elephant.
Shirley's history is well-documented from her arrival to the Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros. Circus in 1954 to her eventual retirement to the Louisiana Purchase Zoo in 1977 and relocation to The Elephant Sanctuary in 1999 where she resides to this day.
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| Shirley w/ keeper Solomon James Louisiana Purchase Zoo |
Further information is sought regarding Michelle and her predecessor.
>> Monroe Morning World 12/29/1963
>> Monroe Star 11/12/1969
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