Jenny
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Jenny

Alternative name:	Genny

Identification

SSP nr	408

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus sumatranus
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 34 years old
Body height:	2.50 meter, 8.2 feet
Body weight:	2954.55 kg, 6500.00 lbs
Origin
Born:	* 1972 wild
Birth place:	in Sumatra unspecified location
Imported:	1973
Death
Dead:	†2006-10-17
Death reason:	disease: foot problemss
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES), in United States

Date of arrival

1996-09-11	Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) from Betty Honn

1995-00-00	Betty Honn from Gopher Davenport

1993-03-07	Gopher Davenport from Hawthorn Corporation

1992-08-01	Hawthorn Corporation from Carson & Barnes Circus

1973-07-01	Carson & Barnes Circus from Sumatra unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2011-02-22: Previous locations, Death, SSP, Name, Text RE 2020-11-08: subspecies sumatranus

Latest document update	2020-11-08 09:56:36

† Jenny is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2006-10-17 at Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES), in United States, . Official death reason described as foot problemss.

Origin

Jenny was born wild 1972 at Sumatra unspecified location. and imported 1973

Comments / pictures

Records about Jenny from Bob Cline

Jenny, Female Asian, Stud #408
1969 - Born in the wild
1974 - Brought to US
1975 to 1992 - Carson & Barnes Circus
1992 to 1993 - Loaned to Hawthorn Circus Corp. for breeding purposes
1993 to 1995 - sold to a small circus
1995 - left at an animal shelter in Las Vegas
1996 to 2006 - Elephant Sanctuary in Holenwold, TN.
Died - Oct. 17, 2006
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Jenny, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1458. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
"Jenny," The Elephant Sanctuary

Litterature about Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES)

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