Margaret
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Circus Zoppe (Circo Zoppe) in Italy

Biography

☨ ♀ Margaret

Identification

SSP nr	708

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Circus Zoppe (Circo Zoppe), in Italy

Date of arrival

1948-00-00	Circus Zoppe (Circo Zoppe) from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1936-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

1931-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus from John Robinson Circus

1926-00-00	John Robinson Circus from Memphis Zoo

1921-00-00	Memphis Zoo from John Robinson Circus

1917-00-00	John Robinson Circus 1917-00-00 from Howes Great London Circus (Mugivan and Bowers)

1911-00-00	Howes Great London Circus (Mugivan and Bowers) from Mike Glasscock

Record history
History of updates	2010-04-25

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Margaret is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Circus Zoppe (Circo Zoppe), in Italy, .

Origin

Margaret was born wild .

Comments / pictures

"Margaret the elephant went to the Alberto Zoppé Family's Circus as part of the contract that was negotiated to bring Alberto, Cucciolo and part of the family to the GSOE." // Mike Naughton

Records about Margaret from Bob Cline

Margaret, Female Asian
1910 - Glasscock show
1911 to 1916 - Howes Great London Circus
1917 to 1921 - John Robinson Circus
1921 to 1925 - Memphis Zoo
1926 to 1930 - John Robinson Circus
1931 to 1935 - Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
1936 to 1938 - RBBB
1939 to 1941 - Al G. Barnes Circus winter quarters in Baldwin Park, CA.
1942 - returned to RBBB in Sarasota on Jan. 2, 1942
1942 to 1948 - RBBB
1948 - given to Circus Zoppe in Italy - left US from Madison Square Garden

The Bandwagon article specifically lists the seven elephants on the 1921 Howes show and she isnt one of them. //Cline 2010.
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Contradictory records:

This elephant could possibly be listed as Stud Number 707 in the North American Regional Studbook for the Asian Elephant. However, the dates and order are much different than suggested by the Research of Bob Cline.

Margaret, Female Asian Studbook #707
??? - Born Wild, Asia
??? - VENICE BB (B & B Ringling Bros Circus, Venice FL)
01 Jan 1909 - MEMPHIS (Memphis Zoo, Memphis TN)
01 May 1926 - AMER SHOW (Great American Show)
??? - HALL W.P. ( William P. Hall, Lancaster MO)
??? - ITALY
The North American Regional Studbook lists this elephant as Lost-to-Follow up, or a "documented animal whose current location is unknown." Elephant.se will assume this elephant is dead until more information is provided or discovered.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Margaret, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Circus Zoppe (Circo Zoppe) in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 3 December 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5440. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

2010,
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
Howes Great London Circus, Season of 1921 By Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 5, 1964, pp. 4-13.
Ryan Easley, USA
http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2010/08/1948-rbbb-set-1-6.html

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