A lot of people remember Monroe’s beloved zoo resident, Shirley the elephant. Here is a newspaper photograph of her shortly after her arrival at the zoo in 1977.
Monroe Morning World, November 12, 1977.
This next article appeared in the Monroe Morning World a few days later on November 16th. Over the hill? Hardly. [She was 30, not 38!] Shirley would live another 42 years with half of that at the Elephant Sanctuary! To read more about Shirley, you can go here: https://www.elephants.com/elephants/shirley .
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 