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

Biography

☨ ♀ Mabel

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:	in India unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1941-11-06
Death reason:	disease: poisoned
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1923-11-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Bridgeport Harbor

1923-11-10	Bridgeport Harbor from Port of Hamburg

	Port of Hamburg from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Port of Hamburg

	Port of Hamburg from Port of Calcutta

	Port of Calcutta from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

	Firma Carl Hagenbeck from Sonepur Fair

	Sonepur Fair from India unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2025-04-01: direction, staff

Latest document update	2023-08-21 21:43:33

† Mabel is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1941-11-06 at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as poisoned.

Origin

Mabel was born unknown at India unspecified location.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Mabel, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 3 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3843. (archived at the Wayback machine)

The Ringling Elephants 1888-1967, Bandwagon
Animals Are My Life, by Lorenz Hagenbeck, online edition at https://archive.org/stream/animalsaremylife033071mbp/animalsaremylife033071mbp_djvu.txt

Litterature about Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

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