Relocated elephants from The Zoological Institute in United States

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Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival Departure	Present location	Import
The Zoological Institute had previously 9 elephants relocated to new location.
1	† ♂ EM - Bolivar	dead: Born wild 1813 Dead: 1856?, 43 yrs Reason: killed: poisoned	1835-00-00 1838-00-00	John Robinson Circus	1833?
2	† ♂ EM - Virginius (Gold Button)	dead: Born wild Dead: 1847, ? yrs Reason: accident: drowned when trying to cross Delaware river	1835-00-00 1839-00-00	Raymond & Warings Menagerie, Museum and Circus United	1833
3	† ♂ EM - Siam	dead: Born wild Dead: 1845-1846, ? yrs Reason: unknown: Died in winterquarters in Zanesville	1834-00-00	James Raymond	1833
4	† ♂ EM - Hyder Ali	dead: Born captive-born Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1835-00-00 1836-00-00	Unknown	1830-06-00
5	† ♂ EM - Timour	dead: Born unknown 1826 Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1835-00-00 1837-00-00	Unknown	1828
6	† ♀ EM - Flora	dead: Born wild Dead: 1838?, ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1835-00-00 1836-00-00	H.A. Woodward & Co	1827?
7	† ♂ EM - Tippoo Sultan	dead: Born wild 1806 Dead: 1837-1838, 31 yrs Reason: unknown:	1835-00-00 1837-00-00	Purdy, Welch & Co	1821
8	† ♂ EM - Hannibal	dead: Born wild 1812 Dead: 1865-05-06, 53 yrs Reason: unknown:	1835-00-00 1840-00-00	Unknown
9	† ♂ EM - Columbus II	dead: Born wild Dead: 1851-10-00, ? yrs Reason: accident: fell through a bridge	1837-00-00 1837-00-00	Raymond & Warings Menagerie, Museum and Circus United

Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at The Zoological Institute

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Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from The Zoological Institute in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 26 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2332 (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Latest update	Name of elephant	Source (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2018-05-10	Hannibal:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm • Page 10, 12, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger • Page 286, Elephants: A Cultural and Natural History, by Karl Groning and Martin Saller
2013-05-02	Columbus II :	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer3m.htm • Page 10, 18, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger • Ryan Easley, USA, 2021 • Somers Historical Society, http://www.somershistoricalsoc.org/menageries2p2.html
2013-05-02	Bolivar:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • https://classic.circushistory.org/History/1880sCircuses.htm • The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon
2012-04-12	Timour:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants Stuart Thayers American Circus Anthology, A History of the Traveling Menagerie, online at https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
2012-04-11	Tippoo Sultan:	• <a href="https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2d.htm">Tippo Sultan: The Man and the Beast by Stuart Thayer</a> • Stuart Thayers American Circus Anthology, A History of the Traveling Menagerie, online at https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
2012-04-11	Virginius (Gold Button):	• https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm • Page 10, 12, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-04-11	Siam:	• Page 10, 12, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger • https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
2012-04-11	Flora:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • Stuart Thayers American Circus Anthology Part Two: General History, https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm • Page 9, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-04-11	Hyder Ali:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm • https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2d.htm (Stuart Thayer, USA) • Page 10, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger

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