Sabu
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Carson and Barnes Circus in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Sabu  dead elephant
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀
Status:confiscated
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: †1965
Death location: Carson and Barnes Circus
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Carson and Barnes Circus, in United States
Date of arrival
1964-00-00Carson and Barnes Circus
from Hoxie Brothers Circus
1962-00-00Hoxie Brothers Circus
from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
1960-00-00Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus International (South America Tour)
1960-00-00Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus International (South America Tour)
from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
1947-06-20Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
from Zoo Circus
1944-00-00Zoo Circus 1944-00-00
from Circus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen
Record history
History of updates2024-02-04
Latest document update2022-10-10 17:39:39
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† Sabu is a dead confiscated Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1965 at Carson and Barnes Circus, in United States, .

Origin

Sabu was born wild .


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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 Sabu from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
Minyak and Sabu came from the Hagenbeck Zoo where they appeared in a five act "Kernaudi", "Minyak", "Mudu", "Sabu" and "Icky" where they were presented by Hugo Schmitt.
Hugo once told me that as the Allied bombing intensified in Germany he often spent the night with them under a concrete overpass nearby waiting for the all clear signal.
Hugo and the elephants were soon shipped out of the country into neutral Sweden with hopes they would be returned after the war but such was not the case, they were confiscated by the Swedish Government and eventually sold to the Ringling Show in 1947.
In 1961 the Ringling Show sent a unit to South America and "Minyak" and "Sabu" were included but on their return were both sold to Hoxie-Bartok Circus in 1962 (I might add that Hugo never owned these elephants) and thenUnited Nations Circus in 1963. (Same show?)
They were sold to D.R. Miller in 1964 and "Minyak" died shortly after arriving in Oklahoma and "Sabu" died a year later after being leased to Carson & Barnes Circus (owned by Jack Moore) for that season.


William "Buckles" Woodcock
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Sabu, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Carson and Barnes Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1992. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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