Shoney
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Bucky Steele in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Shoney  dead elephant
Alternative name: Shoni, Showney, Shoshani
Identification
SSP nr266
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 2 years old
Origin
Born:* 1981-10-22 captive-born
Birth place: in Bucky Steele
Parents: ♂ Buke x ♀ Whimpy
Death
Dead: †1983-05-01
Death reason: disease: herpes virus?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Bucky Steele, in United States
Date of arrival
1981-10-22Bucky Steele
Record history
History of updates2014-05-28
Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Shoney is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1983-05-01 at Bucky Steele, in United States, . Official death reason described as herpes virus?.

Origin

Shoney was born captive-born 1981-10-22 at Bucky Steele.

Parentage

Parents of Shoney are: ♂ Buke (father) and ♀ Whimpy (mother).

Siblings through the father Buke:

  1. 1978 -- † 1978 (unknown) unknown
  2. 1978-02-01 -- † 1978-02-01 (M) stillborn
  3. 1991-04-04(M) Colonel Tusk (Boy)
  4. 1994-04-11 -- † 1994-04-11 (F) Maya
  5. 1996 -- † 1996-00-00 (F) stillborn
  6. 1998-09-06 -- † 2004-04-12 (F) Baby Jennie
  7. 1999-03 -- † 1999-03 (F) none
  8. 2003-08-20(M) Obert

Siblings through the mother Whimpy:

  1. 1991-04-04(M) Colonel Tusk (Boy)
  2. 1994-02-27(F) Natasha
  3. 2007-04-27(F) Val
  4. 2011-04-25(M) Hugo
  5. 2015-07-28(F) Dori Marie
  6. 2020-08-02(M) Cameron Lee

Pedigree

Shoneys ancestral Pedigree:
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Shoney

Sire (f):
Buke

Born: 1969

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Whimpy

Born: 1970

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An Asiatic male elephant was born at Bucky Steele's facilities in Texas, at 5:55 a.m. on Oct. 22nd. The new arrival has been named "Showney" and is
1 68 IDS and 34 3/i in. high. His parents are Wimpey and Buke

Circus report 44, November 2, 1981
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Shoney, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Bucky Steele in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 January 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1767. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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