Chief
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Chief  dead elephant

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 26 years old

People killed:1
Origin
Born:* 1864 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 1890-12-00
Death reason: euthanised: shot
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, in United States

Date of arrival

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
from John Robinson Circus

1876-00-00John Robinson Circus
from American Racing Association

Record history
History of updates2020-12-27

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Chief is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1890-12-00 at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, in United States, . Official death reason described as shot.

Origin

Chief was born wild 1864.


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1880-09-28: Killed the boss animal man at John Robinson show, John King, at Charlottesville, North Carolina.

Shortly after being unloaded in Charlotte, The Chief, a circus elephant, turns on his keeper and crushes him to death against a rail car.

"The man sank down without a groan," reports The Charlotte Observer, "and the elephant turned and started up the railroad track, the excited crowd fleeing in every direction. The loose elephant got into the main streets of the city, and a crowd was being formed to hunt him down and shoot him when it was learned that the circus people were after the truant beast.

"They took the other two elephants, Mary and The Boy, and, driving them rapidly through the streets, overtook The Chief, chained him to the others and finally got him back to the circus grounds."

John King will be buried in Charlotte's Elmwood Cemetery beneath a five-foot monument donated by his fellow circus workers. On it is carved the image of an elephant and a palm tree.

Charlotte Observer, Sep. 02, 2007

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Chief, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2392. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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