Douglas
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Circus Carl Althoff in Germany

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Douglas  dead elephant
Identification
Description
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Imported:1962 by Firma Ruhe
Death
Dead: †
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Circus Carl Althoff, in Germany
Date of arrival
1962-11-28Circus Carl Althoff
from Firma Ruhe
Record history
History of updates2024-03-10
Latest document update2023-09-23 08:18:47
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† Douglas is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died at Circus Carl Althoff, in Germany, .

Origin

Douglas was born wild . and imported 1962 by Firma Ruhe


Comments / pictures


Douglas was a bull, one of the first African elephants bought by Carl Altoff and trained for his sons Corty and Giovanni. Douglas rolled on a big bowl and did some other tricks at the time of the Californian Circus.

Christian Hamel
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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Douglas, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Circus Carl Althoff in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6697. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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