Manuela (Manula)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Manuela (Manula)  dead elephant

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 1951
Death reason: disease: pneumonia?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1950-00-00Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
from Circus Schreiber

Record history
History of updates2023-04-29

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Manuela (Manula) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1951 at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as pneumonia?.

Origin

Manuela (Manula) was born wild .


Comments / pictures

In 1950, John North acquisitioned the "Baptiste Schreiber Acrobatic Elephants" after seeing the act in Europe. The presentation consisted of two female Asian elephants: Manula would strike the teeterboard, vaulting the performer onto the back of a waiting Lelabardi. During the winter of 1950/1951, Manula suddenly caught a cold during the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey tour of Havana, Cuba. With this ending the act, Schreiber returned to Europe and Lelabardi was sold to the Mills Brothers Circus (with Minnie) in 1951 under Hugo Schmitt.

I found the death notice yesterday in Billboard on Feb. 3, 1951 on page 50 that says she died in the RBBB Sarasota Winter quarters last Sunday after catching a cold in Cuba. ( Last Sunday equals Jan. 21st. ) So she did not die in Cuba as had been told by previous sources.
Bob Cline

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Manuela (Manula), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3034. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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