Mali, whose full name is Vishwa Ma’ali, was gifted to former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos by the Sri Lankan government in 1981, when she was 11 months old.Manila Zoo was also home to another elephant, Shiva, who arrived in 1977 and died in 1990. Mali had been the zoo’s only elephant since. At the height of the pandemic, the Manila Zoo also served as a vaccination site for children, where Mali kept them entertained.