Shona an African savanna elephant at Boras Zoo

☨ ♀ Shona
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 14 years old
Id number
Origin
Born:	* 1990 wild
Birth place:	in Kruger National Park
Death
Dead date:	† 2004-12-08
Death reason:	euthanised: Positive Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) trunk-wash test
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 2003-03-29 (dead † 2004-12-09)	♀ Pili
Locations
Present / last location:	Boras Zoo, in Sweden

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1993-00-00	Boras Zoo from Kruger National Park

Document updated	2009-11-29:
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Description

† Shona is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant, (Loxodonta africana), who died at Boras Zoo, in Sweden, of euthanised in 2004-12-08. Official death reason described as Positive Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) trunk-wash test. (see detailed list).

Offspring

Shona was born wild 1990 at Kruger National Park.

Comments / pictures

2004: TBC positive with trunktest. Euthanized. Post mortem autopsy showed massive pulmonary TB on post-mortem.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Shona, an African savanna at Boras Zoo in Sweden. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=151. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24