Winky
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Winston Wildlife Safari in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Winky  dead elephant

Identification

SSP nr740 / T1056

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀

People killed:1
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 1982-06-10
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Winston Wildlife Safari, in United States

Date of arrival

1982-06-10Winston Wildlife Safari
from Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)

1967-07-00Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)
from Elephant Mountain (Morgan Berry)

1967-07-00Elephant Mountain (Morgan Berry)
from Henry Vilas Zoo

1950-06-30Henry Vilas Zoo
from Trefflichs Bird and Animal Company

Record history
History of updates2021-09-16

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Winky is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1982-06-10 at Winston Wildlife Safari, in United States, .

Origin

Winky was born wild .


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Previous SSP number: T1056

Records about Winky from SSPNorth American Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Winky:

740 F ~ 1943 WILD WILD ASIA ???? NONE Capture Winkie
MADISON 30-Jun-50 ________ Transfer
BERRY M ~ Jul 1967 ________ Transfer
PORTLAND ~ Jul 1967 ________ Transfer
WINSTON 12-Feb-77 2771 Transfer
10-Jun-82 Death

Source: SSP studbook for Asian elephants online


The three year old elephant destined for the Henry Vilas Zoo arrived in Wisconsin via a C-46 Slick airways plane three days following her travel ship's landing in San Francisco, California. The 900 pound creature was named Annie II in remembrance of her predecessor. The children of Madison collected change totaling $3500 to purchase an elephant to replace Annie, the zoo's previous popular animal who died in 1948. However, the replacement also known as Annette, who only spoke Malayan commands upon arrival, only did not survive a year in Sacramento. She was replaced in June 1950, imported into New York by Henry Trefflich. City Parks Manager James G Marshall and Zoo Director Harold Hayes were given first pick from the Group of seven elephants imported. Their second replacement was purchased for $4000 with the money collected from the first replacement's life insurance policy. A picture taken on Annie II's arrival at the zoo in November 1948 shows the insurance agent handing over said life insurance policy. The new elephant in 1950 was named Winky in remembrance of former zoo director Fred Winkleman. She was flown to Wisconsin from New York via Northwest Airlines.

On June 28 1966, Winky pulled a three year old child into her enclosure and killed her. She eventually was relocated to the Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon. A year before here death she broke two bones in the front leg of a young 1600 pound male elephant named Tanga. The Wisconsin zoo replaced her with another elephant, naming her Winkie II after her predecessor.
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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Winky, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Winston Wildlife Safari in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2705. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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