Blessed With The Memory Of An Elephant

That’s A Mighty Big Pet To Keep

After a long search, Belfast Zoo has managed to identify a mystery woman who looked after Sheila, one of its baby elephants, in her own back yard to save it from German bombs in 1941, during the Second World War. Denise Austin, who used to walk Sheila around the streets of north Belfast, died in 1997 and is called the "elephant angel".

FOOTNOTE: Ivory coasting.