Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit) in United States


Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit)
Typecircus
Owner-2017: Kenneth Feld
Last elephant left2015
Closed down2015
Region Florida
Country United States
Directors
Key People 1988-1988: John Herriot (animal trainer)
1988-1988: Cindy Wells (animal trainer)
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Head keepers
of elephants		 1988-1988: Roy Wells
(elephant superintendent)
Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates2021-12-21
Latest document update2021-12-21 14:58:04
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Description

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit), United States . The last elephant left in 2015. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit) closed down in 2015.


Comments / picturesElephants owned, residing and performing with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus can be found at several different locations, which have been divided up for clarification of record keeping and to give a better idea of Herd identifications. They include:
- Ringling Brothers Circus (1884 - 1918)
- Barnum & Bailey Circus (1888 - 1918)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 1968)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit (1969 - present)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Red Unit (1969 - present)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Gold Unit (1988 - present)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus European Tour (1963 - 1964)
- Circus World at Polk City (1974 - 1984
- Ringling Retirement Farm at Williston (1984 - 2010)
- Ringling Brother\'s Center for Elephant Conservation (1995 - present)

Records about Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit) from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
Ringling Brothers and <a href='location2.php?location_id=465' title='Barnum & Bailey Circus'>Barnum & Bailey Circus</a> (Gold Unit) in United States United+States
Bound for Japan 1989!
1. Tommy (Male) 2. Minnie 3. Mysore (John Cuneo) 4. Bombay 5. Delhi 6. Tessie 7. Joyce 8. Billie 9. Misty 10. Queen 11. Tyke (African) 12. Jackie (African) 13. Dumbo 14. Maude 15. Rani (Gary Thomas) 16. Tony (Male)
William "Buckles" Woodcock


Ted Svartesky kept temporarily nine Ringling elephants at the Venice Winter Quarters until moving to his new property at Williston in 1985.

References for records about Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2024). Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2380. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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