Deceased elephants at Sole Brothers Circus in Australia

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This database list 8 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location	Import
1	+ ♀ EM Tara ASMP id: 45 29	Born: unknown 1958 Dead:1987-10-00 (22 years after arrival), accident road accident	1965-12-24 Perth Zoo
2	+ ♀ EM Dolly 29	Born: Dead:, accident road accident	1965-12-00 Bullen's Circus
3	+ ♀ EM Jodee II (Jo-Dee) 29	Born: unknown Dead:1968-08-23 (4 years after arrival), accident fall (road accident)	1964-00-00 Wirth Circus
4	+ ♀ EM Lana 29	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	1964-00-00 Wirth Circus
5	+ ♀ EM Rill 29	Born: unknown Dead:, unknown	1964-00-00 Wirth Circus
6	+ ♀ EM Jessie 29	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	1964-00-00 Wirth Circus
7	+ ♀ EM Betty 29	Born: unknown 1931? Dead:, unknown	1935-00-00 Perth Zoo	1934
8	+ ♀ EM Ginni 29	Born: unknown Dead:, unknown

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Facts about Deceased elephants at Sole Brothers Circus in Australia, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 24 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=564 (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)
2013-05-27	Jessie:	• Tony Ratcliffe • http://circuszooanimals.blogspot.com/2011/05/list-of-wirths-circus-elephants-to-date.html • Tony Maynard, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
2013-05-23	Tara:	• Murray Guy, Records Officer, Adelaide Zoo.
2013-05-23	Dolly:	• Tony Ratcliffe
2013-05-21	Betty:	• <a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/32853753?searchTerm=elephant%20Perth">The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954) (about) Tuesday 5 February 1935</a>
2011-11-07	Jodee II (Jo-Dee):	• https://classic.circushistory.org/Query/Query05f.htm • http://circuszooanimals.blogspot.com/2011/05/list-of-wirths-circus-elephants-to-date.html
2010-05-24	Rill:	• http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2007/11/bullen-circus-3.html • http://lucaantara.blogspot.com/2008/01/updating-elephants.html
2010-05-24	Ginni:	• http://lucaantara.blogspot.com/2008/01/updating-elephants.html

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This database list 8 dead elephants

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