Shirley
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Wild Adventures in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Shirley  dead elephant
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies: Elephas maximus maximus
Sex and age:Female ♀ maybe about 77 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:* 1944? wild
Birth place: in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Capture: 1946
Imported:1946-11-02
Death
Dead: †2021-02-02
Death reason: age:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Wild Adventures, in United States
Date of arrival
1994-00-00Wild Adventures
from Oscar and Carin Cristiani
1967-00-00Oscar and Carin Cristiani
from Rudy Brothers Circus
1964-00-00Rudy Brothers Circus
from Cristiani-Wallace Brothers Circus
1962-00-00Cristiani-Wallace Brothers Circus
from Diano Brothers Circus
1961-00-00Diano Brothers Circus
from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus International (South America Tour)
1960-00-00Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus International (South America Tour) 1960-00-00
from Cristiani Brothers Circus

from King Brothers Circus
1950-00-00King Brothers Circus
from Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan)
1949-00-00Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan)
from Bailey Brothers Circus
1946-00-00Bailey Brothers Circus
from Bob Stevens
1946-00-00Bob Stevens
from Rimberg & Fox Circus Equipment Corporation
1946-11-02Rimberg & Fox Circus Equipment Corporation
from Sri Lanka unspecified location
Record history
History of updates2010-10-05: Previous locations, Birth RE
2010-10-05: corr prev locations
2018-10-31: corr country origin: Ceylon, not India
2020-10-18: import year
2021-02-03: death report
Latest document update2022-08-12 12:32:57
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† Shirley is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2021-02-02 at Wild Adventures, in United States, .

Origin

Shirley was born wild 1944? at Sri Lanka unspecified location, captured 1946 . and imported 1946-11-02


Comments / pictures

Records about Shirley from Bob Cline

SHIRLEY
Female Asian 1947 to 1948 - Bailey Bros. Circus
1949 - Robbins Bros. Circus
1950 to 1951 - King Bros. Circus
1952 to 1953 - King Bros. Cristiani Circus
1954 to 1955 - Bailey Cristiani Circus
1956 to 1959 - Cristiani Bros. Circus
1960 - RBBB South America tour
1961 - Tony Diano farm
1962 to 1963 - Cristiani Wallace Circus
1964 to 1966 - Rudy Bros. Circus
1967 to 1995 - Oscar and Carin Cristiani elephant act
1995 to Present - retired at Wild Adventures Animal Park in Valdosta, Ga.

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Shirley, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wild Adventures in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3767. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories2021 deaths | 1944 births | Born in Sri Lanka | 1946 captures | 1946 imports | Elephants from Wild Adventures | United States | Asian elephants




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