Shirley the elephant turns 70

The Pride of Monroe

That tree is fricking me up

IWNHI

Fun fact:

A fully grown Indian man drew that picture

Good for Shirley! Grew up watching her at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo.

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Used to be in monroe?

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Yep after the circus it spent a long time at the Monroe zoo. There’s a PBS Nature show on it.

Non breeding, and possibly dangerous elephant. Isn’t there someone we can charge an exorbitant amount of money to go shoot it? They could feed inner city youth, and save the species!