Icky
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Circus World (Polk City) in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Icky  dead elephant
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies: Elephas maximus maximus
Sex and age:Female ♀
Status:confiscated
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death
Dead: †1979
Death location: Circus World (Polk City) Ringling farm, Circus World, Polk City.
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Circus World (Polk City), in United States
Date of arrival
Circus World (Polk City)
from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
1947-06-20Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
from Zoo Circus
1944-00-00Zoo Circus
from Circus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen
Circus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen
from Port of Hamburg
Port of Hamburg
from Circus Krone
Circus Krone
from Port of Hamburg
Port of Hamburg
from Port of Colombo
Port of Colombo
from Firma Carl Hagenbeck
Firma Carl Hagenbeck
from Sri Lanka unspecified location
Record history
History of updates2024-11-24:
Latest document update2021-11-04 16:08:42
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† Icky is a dead confiscated Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1979 at Circus World (Polk City), in United States, .

Origin

Icky was born wild at Sri Lanka unspecified location.


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During world war II she was send, together with other elephants, with the circus to Malmoe in Sweden, in order to be protected from the war. But all elephants became confiscated by the swedish government, and sold to Ringling Bros Circus.

Records about Icky from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
"Marcella" and "Icky" the last two elephants remaining from the '49 Herd both died at the Ringling Park.
"Marcella" was delivered to me 2/3/77 from the Blue Show and she died of old age 7/12/77. She was originally purchased in 1922 when the Ringling Show still wintered in Bridgeport.
The next year I took my Herd on the Blue Show and "Icky" was included in Axel's Herd that replaced us. She died at the park in 1979.
William "Buckles" Woodcock


Records about Icky from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
Icky was the donor of the first Trunk disection, done by Dr. Jeheskel Shoshani
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Icky, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Circus World (Polk City) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 31 January 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1990. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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