A BELFAST zoo launched a search yesterday for a mystery woman who sheltered a baby elephant named Sheila during World War II. The zoo has released grainy black and white pictures of the woman, dubbed ...
No, this is not an insult directed at a large cherub, but rather the nickname for a woman who cared for a baby elephant in her Belfast backyard during World War II. As part of the Belfast Zoo’s 75 th ...
Most people would find keeping a large Labrador in their back yard a bit of a challenge – but Belfast woman Denise Austin went one better. She kept an elephant in hers. Austin, otherwise known as the ...
The true story of a Northern Ireland woman who kept a baby elephant in her backyard during the Second World War is going to be made in to a £5m film. Denise Weston Austin – better known as the ...