5/19/2023 0 Comments The circus shipThe Tennessee sanctuary says through the years Shirley’s care had included such things as specialized foot soaks, daily arthritis supplements and cold laser therapy to reduce the discomfort associated with a long-ago broken leg, arthritis and other joint conditions. Her passing also rekindled memories of the fire nearly 58 years ago. You were the epitome of resilience,” wrote a commenter on the We Love Yarmouth Facebook page. On social media, people living in Yarmouth expressed sadness about the elephant’s passing. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE The fire left scars on her body and she also had lost a large part of one of her ears. Shirley survived a circus ship fire in Yarmouth N.S. Shirley at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee where she lived out the final decades of her life. She was the sanctuary’s oldest elephant and held the record for being the second oldest elephant in North America, according to the sanctuary’s website, which also said Shirley had lived well beyond the life expectancy of a captive Asian elephant. 22 at the age of 72, at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, where she had been cared for since first arriving in 1999. Shirley was a much-beloved survivor of the 1963 circus ship fire that happened in Yarmouth’s harbour. It’s been said that elephants never forget and many in Yarmouth have also never forgotten Shirley the elephant – remembering her on her birthdays are now mourning her on her death.
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