Deceased elephants at Sells-Floto Circus in United States

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This database list 12 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♀ EM Bessie Born: wild Dead:1931, unknown 1931-00-00 John Robinson Circus
2+ ♂ EM Young Snyder (Snyder II, Billy) Born: wild Dead:1931-08-08 (11 years after arrival), euthanised executed1920-00-00 William P. Hall Animal Farm
3+ ♀ EM Mary Born: wild Dead:1928 (10 years after arrival), euthanised execution by gunshot 1928 in Lewiston, Idaho1918-00-00
4+ ♀ EM stillborn SSP id: 13 < 1 Born: captive-born 1917-06-20
Snyder x Mama Mary (Mom)
Dead:1917-06-20, stillborn
1917-06-20
5+ ♀ EM Little Miracle SSP id: 11 < 1 Born: captive-born 1916-04-15
Snyder x Princess Alice
Dead:1916-09-09, disease penuomonia
1916-04-15
6+ ♂ EM Baby Tambon SSP id: 10 < 1 Born: captive-born 1914-03-28
Snyder x Princess Alice
Dead:1914-04-24, disease rejected from mother, stomach and nutrition problems
1914-03-28
7+ ♀ EM Baby Hutch SSP id: 9 < 1 Born: captive-born 1912-04-25
Snyder x Princess Alice
Dead:1912-06-06, disease rejected from mother, stomach and nutrition problems
1912-04-25
8+ ♀ EM Missouri SSP id: T2318 Born: wild Dead:1928 (18 years after arrival), unknown 1910-06-00
9+ ♀ EM Mo Born: wild Dead:1928 (19 years after arrival), unknown 1909-00-00 Firma Ruhe
10+ ♀ EM Floto Born: Dead:1921-11-19 (13 years after arrival), euthanised execution by gunshot1908-00-00 Otto Floto Dog and Pony Show
11+ ♂ EM Snyder SSP id: 7 23Born: wild 1897 Dead:1920-09-13 (14 years after arrival), euthanised shot in Salinas, aggressive, mankiller1906-00-00 Otto Floto Dog and Pony Show
12+ ♀ EM Myrtle 23Born: wild Dead:1926, accident fell from a cliff during a stampade in Cranbrook, British Columbia

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Sells-Floto Circus

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Sells-Floto Circus in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=466 (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)
2012-06-08 Bessie:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2012-04-22 stillborn:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2012-04-17 Snyder:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  Page 124,125 Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
•  Susan Hawksworth, Director of the Smoky Hill Museum, Salina, Kansas, USA
2012-04-17 Floto:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2008/12/chris-zeitz-2.html
2010-09-26 Young Snyder (Snyder II, Billy):• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  Page 62, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
•  Howes Great London Circus, Season of 1921 By Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 5, 1964, pp. 4-13.
2010-05-12 Mary:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2010-05-12 Mo:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2007-12-24 Baby Tambon:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2007-12-24 Little Miracle:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2007-12-23 Baby Hutch:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•  https://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2008/10/sells-floto-buffalo-bill-1914-10.html
2007-05-01 Myrtle:• Buckles weblog


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