† Nancy is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1951-01-19 at Brookfield Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as hanged by her chain in the dry moat.
Nancy was born wild 1920, captured 1920 .
"Among her credits, Nancy “trumpeted” for an early “talkie” film. In 1940, guests were agog when the zoo announced her Pregnancy. That August, reportedly 40,000 people showed up for Nancy’s “baby shower” for which a tent manufacturer, a baker, and the National Dairy Council had donated, respectively, a huge bed jacket, an enormous birthday cake, and a 400-gallon nursing bottle. Later, officials announced sheepishly that Nancy wasn’t pregnant, merely gaining weight." Nancy was donated to the Brookfield Zoo in 1933, along with the remainder of the animal collection from the closing Lakewood Farm Zoo in Holland, Michigan, owned by George Getz. "Nancy was found dangling in a moat, hanged by her chain"...George Lewis in Elephant Tramp..(I loved Rogues p.90)
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