Stoney
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Mike La Torres in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Stoney

Identification

SSP nr	61

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 22 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1973-06-17 captive-born
Birth place:	in Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)

Parents:	♂ Thonglaw x ♀ Pet
Death
Dead:	†1995-08-28
Death reason:	anesthesia: fractured femur
Burial:	1995-08-28, at Craig Road Pet Cemetery at 7450 W. Craig Road, Las Vegas
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Mike La Torres, in United States

Date of arrival

1975-04-00	Mike La Torres from Ken Chisholm

1974-05-06	Ken Chisholm from Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)

Record history
History of updates	0000-00-00

Latest document update	2023-08-29 11:25:56

† Stoney is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1995-08-28 at Mike La Torres, in United States, . Official death reason described as fractured femur.

Origin

Stoney was born captive-born 1973-06-17 at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo).

Parentage

Parents of Stoney are: ♂ Thonglaw (father) and ♀ Pet (mother).

Siblings through the father Thonglaw:

1962-04-14 -- † 2017-02-09 (M) Packy
1962-10-02 -- † 1996-02-13 (F) Me-Tu
1963-09-15 -- † 1977 (M) Dino
1963-09-24 -- † 2020-02-15 (F) Hanako
1965-12-03(F) Cora (Noel)
1966-08-09 -- † 1978-05-05 (M) Teak (Rajah)
1968-09-29 -- † 1968-10-04 (F) Droopy
1970-03-25 -- † 1970-03-25 (F) stillborn or killed?
1970-04-26 -- † 2004-07-21 (F) Tina
1970-05-13(F) Judy
1972-07-19 -- † 1983 (M) McClane (Gabriel)
1973-01-09 -- † 1976 (M) Stretch (Tuskanini)
1973-08-04 -- † 1973-08-07 (M) noname
1973-10-31 -- † 1986-10-26 (F) Emma (M&M)

Siblings through the mother Pet:

1963-09-15 - † 1977 (M) Dino
1966-08-09 - † 1978-05-05 (M) Teak (Rajah)
1970-05-13(F) Judy
1982-12-26(F) Sung-Surin (Shine)
1991-10-06 - † 1991-10-07 (M) none

Pedigree

**Stoneys ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Stoney	Sire (f): Thonglaw Born: 1947-00-00	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Pet Born: 1955-00-00	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

August 28, 1995: Stoney, a 22-year old Asian elephant, was injured while performing hind leg stands at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, N.V., in September 1994. He was unable to walk so he was put into a dumpster and wheeled out to
a maintenance shed behind the hotel. He did not receive immediate veterinary care and was kept upright inside a mechanical cattle Crush in a dark room. In August 1995 hotel staff and the trainer attempted to move Stoney. During
the attempt to release him from the mechanical device that was keeping him upright , he fell injuring his other back leg. He was euthanized later that day.

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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Stoney, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Mike La Torres in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 4 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=37. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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