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Shaunzi — Los Angeles Zoo | mahoot

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Shaunzi

Los Angeles Zoo · United States

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Schaunzie with Irene and Remo Cristiani

Record completeness

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Life history

Born: 1970
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death reason: euthanised: collapsed and couldnt stand up again
Age (est.): ~54 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 2017-06-27

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Los Angeles Zoo

United States · Zoo

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Transfer history

2017-06-27
Los Angeles Zoo
from Fresno Chaffee Zoological Gardens
1983-04-28
Remo & Irene Cristiani
from Remo & Irene Cristiani

Sources

http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article158423674.html
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/los-angeles-zoo-mourns-loss-of-53-year-old-asian-elephant-shaunzi/3304063/
http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=7931

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Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.