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Calle (b. ~1967, d. March 7, 2004) died at 37 years of age
Born in approximately 1967 in Asia (specific country was not recorded), Calle was shipped off to the United States when she was only a 1-to-2-year-old baby. In the U.S. she spent her life in circuses, carnivals and entertainment before dying prematurely at the San Francisco Zoo in 2004. MORE>>
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 Lulu (b. ~1966)
Born in approximately 1966, Lulu was only a 1-to-2-year-old baby when she was captured and taken from her mother and family in the wild in Africa. The tiny young elephant was shipped from Swaziland to San Francisco in 1968. MORE>>
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 Maybelle (b. ~1960, d. 4/22/04) died 44 years of age
Born in Tanzania in approximately 1960, Maybelle was captured from her family and the wild when she was roughly a 1-to-2 year-old baby. She was taken from her warm climate native homeland and brought to the San Francisco Zoo on May 22, 1962. Maybelle died on April 22, 2004 at only 44 years of age. MORE>>
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Tinkerbelle (b. ~1966, d. 4/24/05)
Born in India circa 1966, Tinkerbelle was taken from her family and home in the wild when she was approximately 1 year old. On September 23, 1968, she was brought to the San Francisco Zoo where she has lived for the past 36 years. MORE>>
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Penny (b. ~1954, d. April 2, 1995) died at 41 years of age
Born in Kampuchea in Asia in 1954, Penny was barely a year old when she was torn from her mother and family in the wild and sent to the San Francisco Zoo on June 8, 1955. As other Asian elephants, Penny endured the "crushing" ritual that is used in Asia to beat elephants into submission.
For 40 years Penny languished at the San Francisco Zoo with various health ailments before being euthanized on April 2, 1995. SFZS stated that Penny suffered from "a bad hip and neurological problems [which] forced veterinarians" to kill her. A necropsy report indicated that Penny had uterine cancer. Penny had lived with Tinkerbelle for more than 27 years.
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