Shirley an Asian elephant at Wild Adventures

♀ Shirley
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 77 years old
Id number
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1944 wild
Birth place:
Capture: 1946
Imported:1946-11-02
Locations
Present / last location:Wild Adventures, in United States
Date of Arrival
(Presently sometimes errors!)
1994-00-00Wild Adventures
from Oscar and Carin Cristiani
Oscar and Carin Cristiani 1967-00-00
from Rudy Brothers Circus
Rudy Brothers Circus 1964-00-00
from Cristiani-Wallace Brothers Circus
Cristiani-Wallace Brothers Circus 1962-00-00
from Diano Brothers Circus
Diano Brothers Circus 1961-00-00
from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus 1960-00-00
from Cristiani Brothers Circus

from King Brothers Circus
Document updated2010-10-05: Previous locations, Birth RE
2010-10-05: corr prev locations
2018-10-31: corr country origin: Ceylon, not India
2020-10-18: import year
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Description

Location

Shirley is a Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Wild Adventures, in United States.

Shirley arrived in Wild Adventures 1994-00-00, relocated from Oscar and Carin Cristiani, in United States.

In Wild Adventures, Shirley lives as single living elephant in this location (see detailed list).

Origin

Shirley was born wild 1944, 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.



Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Shirley, an Asian at Wild Adventures in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3767. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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    This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:14:27


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