Shona at Boras Zoo

† Shona

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Species:	African Bush elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 14 years old
Dead date:	† 2004-12-08
Death reason:	euthanised: Positive Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) trunk-wash test
Location:	Boras Zoo
Arrived	Boras Zoo 1993-00-00 from Kruger National Park Kruger National Park 1990-00-00 from
Born:	1990 wild in Kruger National Park
Offspring and year of birth:	(F) 2003-03-29 -- † 2004-12-09 Pili
Document updated	2009-11-29:
2004: TBC positive with trunktest. Euthanized. Post mortem autopsy showed massive pulmonary TB on post-mortem. Sources, among others Peter Stolk, Netherlands Internal relevant links More elephants from: Boras Zoo More elephants from: Sweden More elephants that was born: 1990 More elephants that died: 2004-12-08 All breeding cows All breeding bulls The elephant database startpage. Statistics List of all captive born elephants in the database Search more on the web for Shona (The name Shona is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results) elephant-news.com elefanten-fotolexikon.eu elefanten.wikia Google Internet search Google Books elephanttag.org and Asian Elephant Studbook 2003-2005, AZA North America (PDF) Asianelephant.net Buckles Blog ShowMe Elephants circushistory.org Billboard Elephant_Commentator ZooChat Share the page about Shona