Relocated elephants from New York Harbour in United States


New York Harbour had previously 24 elephants relocated to new location.

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival
Departure
Present locationImport
1 † ♀ LC - Pouquois
dead: Born wild 1936 Dead: 1941-11-05, 5 yrs Reason: killed: poison 1936-00-00
1936-00-00
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1936
2 † ♀ EM - Ella
dead: Born wild 1901? Dead: 1918, 17 yrs Reason: accident: tornardo 1902-00-00
1902-00-00
Sun Brothers Circus 1902?
3 † ♂ EM - Tusko
SSP id: T2242
dead: Born wild 1890 Dead: 1933-06-10, 43 yrs Reason: disease: massive blood clot in the heart 1898-00-00
1901-00-00
Seattle Zoo (Woodland Park Zoo) 1898
4 † ♂ LA - Mike
dead: Born wild Dead: 1907-12-19, ? yrs Reason: accident: burned to death 1878-00-00
1878-00-00
Barnum & Bailey Circus 1875-1877?
5 † ♀ EM - Hebe (Babe)
SSP id: 2
dead: Born wild 1860 Dead: 1912?, 52 yrs Reason: unknown: 1871-07-22
1871-07-22
Unknown 1871
6 † ♂ EM - Emperor
dead: Born wild Dead: 1885-05-17, ? yrs Reason: disease: Tetanus 1895-00-00
1871-07-23
Ringling Bros. Circus 1871
7 † ♂ EM - Chieftain (Big Chief)
SSP id: 4
dead: Born wild Dead: 1888-12-17, ? yrs Reason: killed: by strangulation, choked to death by two elephants Basil and Bismark 1871-07-22
1871-07-22
Adam Forepaugh Circus 1871
8 † ♀ EM - Queen
SSP id: 5
dead: Born wild 1859 Dead: 1886, 27 yrs Reason: unknown: 1871-07-22
1871-07-23
Adam Forepaugh Circus 1871
9 † ♂ EM - Mandarin
SSP id: 1
dead: Born wild 1854 Dead: 1902-11-08, 48 yrs Reason: killed: strangled by a steam winch outside the New York Harbor 1897-00-00
1871-07-22
Barnum and Baileys circus European tour 1871
10 † ♂ EM - Horatio
dead: Born wild Dead: 1820-09-00, ? yrs Reason: accident: fell through a bridge in September and was killed 1819-11-25
Three Great Natural Curiosities Show 1819
11 † ♀ EM - Buffon
dead: Born unknown Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown: 1796-04-13
1796-04-23
U.S.A. unspecified location 1796
12 † ♂ LC - Congo
dead: Born wild 1936 Dead: 1937-02-00, 1 yrs Reason: unknown: died in Sarrasota 1936-00-00
1936-00-00
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
13 † ⚪ EM - Uno
dead: Born wild Dead: 1904-03-15, ? yrs Reason: unknown: 1903-00-00
1903-00-00
Haag Circus
14 † ♀ EM - Wallace Pinto
dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown: 1904-00-00
1905-00-00
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
15 † ♀ LA - Sudan
SSP id: 311
dead: Born wild 1936 Dead: 1947-12-25, 11 yrs Reason: killed: 1936-00-00
1936-00-00
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
16 † ♀ EM - Topsy
dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown: 1904-00-00
1904-00-00
South America unspecified circus
17 † ♀ EM - Mom (Moms)
dead: Born Dead: 1923, ? yrs Reason: unknown: 1904-03-00
1904-00-00
Rice Brothers Circus
18 † ♂ EM - Monte
dead: Born Dead: 1911-05-01, ? yrs Reason: killed: in Dixon, KS 1904-00-00
1904-00-00
Kit Carson Show
19 † ♀ EM - Trilby
dead: Born wild Dead: 1913-04-00, ? yrs Reason: accident: in the Floods in Peru, Indiana 1904-00-00
1904-00-00
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
20 † ♀ EM - Nancy
dead: Born wild Dead: 1913-04-00, ? yrs Reason: accident: in the Floods in Peru, Indiana 1904-00-00
1904-00-00
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
21 † ♂ EM - Josky
dead: Born wild Dead: 1913-04-00, ? yrs Reason: accident: in the Floods in Peru, Indiana 1904-03-00
1904-00-00
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
22 † ♀ EM - Baby Jumbo
dead: Born captive-born Dead: 1913-04-00, ? yrs Reason: accident: in the Floods in Peru 1904-03-00
1904-00-00
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
23 † ♀ EM - Alice
SSP id: 391
dead: Born wild 1893 Dead: 1943-08-27, 50 yrs Reason: unknown: 1904-00-00
1904-00-00
Bronx Zoo
24 † ♀ EM - Barnes Big Ruth
SSP id: 703
dead: Born wild 1896 Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown: 1878-00-00
1878-00-00
Barnum & Bailey Circus


Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at New York Harbour

Reference list

Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from New York Harbour in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 4 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3364 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:

Latest updateName of elephantSource (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2018-10-20 Buffon:• http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/editors_pick/1951_10_pick.html (dead link, Archived version)
•  A History of the Traveling Menagerie by Stuart Thayer, 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
• http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070629/NEWS/706290388
2018-05-16 Alice:• Richard Chiger
•  Ryan Easley, USA
2018-05-16 Monte:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2016-12-19 Queen:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephantsS
• page 23, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D00EEDF1E3CEE3ABC4C53DFB4668389699FDE
2016-01-05 Tusko:• <a href="http://www.zoo.org/zoo_info/history/chapters/history3.html">Woodland Park Zoo</a>
•  <a href="https://classic.circushistory.org/bandwagon/bw-1965Mar.htm">Homer C. Walton. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Mar-Apr), 1965, pp. 4-11.</a>
•  https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2017/08/25/tusko-elephant-abandoned-oregon-state-fair-salem-portland-seattle/595886001/
2016-01-05 Barnes Big Ruth:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
• http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2008/09/ruth-2.html
2013-04-18 Trilby:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2008/09/1913-peru-flood.html
2013-04-18 Nancy:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2013-04-18 Josky:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2013-04-18 Topsy:• 2010
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2009/11/d-voss-and-with-dutton-circus.html
•  Howes Great London Circus, Season of 1921 By Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 5, 1964, pp. 4-13.
2013-04-18 Mom (Moms):• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2013-04-18 Baby Jumbo:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2012-10-02 Wallace Pinto:• Animals Are My Life, by Lorenz Hagenbeck
• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2012-08-28 Mandarin:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  Wild Animals in and out of the Zoo by William M. Mann
2012-04-17 Sudan:• Buckles Web Log, From Chris Berry #2
• "Sarasota 1947 #1 (From Buckles)," Buckles Web Log, 2010-07-27
•  Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-04-11 Mike:• White Tops, June 1931, page 6
•  http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2007/12/1908-barnum-bailey-program-5_31.html#comment-c6186123854218006070
• Page 20, 50, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2012-03-31 Ella:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2010-09-26 Uno:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2010-09-26 Horatio:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  Stuart Thayer, USA
• Page 9, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2009-11-14 Hebe (Babe):• Buckles Weblog 1
• Buckles Weblog 2
2009-11-14 Chieftain (Big Chief):• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
• Buckles Weblog
2009-11-14 Emperor:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
• page 23, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2009-01-01 Pouquois:• <a href="http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2008/11/from-chris-berry-2.html">Buckles Web Log, From Chris Berry #2</a>
•  Pages 64, 65, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2009-01-01 Congo:• Buckles Web Log, From Chris Berry #2
•  Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger


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