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Chunee
Chunee (or Chuny) was an Indian elephant who was brought to Regency London in 1811.
Three elephants were brought to England in East India Company ships between 1809 and 1811. The third of these was Chunee. He travelled on the East Indiaman, , from Bengal, arriving in England in July 1811. 
The other two elephants, also owned by Stephani Polito at some point, arrived in England in September 1809, and June 1810.
"Mr Polito ... has obtained possession of a remarkably fine
March, his keeper tried to feed him poison, but Chunee refused to eat it. Soldiers were summoned from Somerset House to shoot Chunee with their muskets. Kneeling down to the command of his trusted keeper, Chunee was hit by 152 musket balls, but refused to die. Chunee was finished off by a keeper with a harpoon or sword. The floor of his cage was deeply covered with his blood, and it was said that the sound of the elephant in agony was more alarming than the reports of the soldiers’