Tina
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Los Angeles Zoo in United States

Location

Tina is a living confiscated Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Los Angeles Zoo, in United States.

Tina arrived in 2010-11-10 to the Los Angeles Zoo, relocated from the San Diego Zoo, in United States.

1. ♂ Billy born 1985
2. ♀ Jewel born 1964
3. ♀ Shaunzi born 1970

Origin

Tina was born wild 1966, captured 1967 .

From 2000 to 2003, Tina and Jewel were presented on the Cole Brothers Circus by Adam Hill. In 2004 and 2005 the Cole Brothers leased the girls to Adam and had no elephants of their own. During this time the two act was presented on the Walker Brothers Circus, the Cindy Migley Circus and different fairs.
Will Davenport acquried the elephants in January 2006, where he stayed for the spring and summer tour and presented the elephants on Cole, until spring 2007 they performed on the L.E. Barnes & Bailey Circus.

For the 2008 tour, Will Davenport presented his three elephants Tina, Jewel & Queenie on Circus Vasquez.

In the 2009 season, Will Davenport presented elephants on the main unit of the Hamid Circus, owned by himself. He displayed a three act with Boo, Tina & Jewel.

In August 2009, Tina and Jewel were confiscated from Will Davenport by the United States Department of Agriculture. It was the third elephant confiscation by the federal government, following elephants taken from John Cuneo and Lance Ramos. They were transferred to the San Diego Zoo and made the transition from free to protected contact, following the management policies of the zoo.

In November 2010, Tina and Jewel were sent to the Los Angeles Zoo on an open-ended loan as companion animals for their loan elephant male, Billy, and the new Elephants of Asia facility.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Dominick Giannino
• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States.
• Ryan Easley, USA
• Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens Facebook
• "Two elephants and a ton of controversy", KVUE.com, 2007-10-05
• "Davenport Elephants #1", Buckles Web Log, 2007-10-28
• "Davenport Elephants #3", Buckles Web Log, 2007-10-28

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Los Angeles Zoo
• More elephants from: United States
• More elephants that was born: 1966
• More elephants that was captured: 1967
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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