Deceased elephants at Gran Circo Union in Mexico


This database list 15 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♀ EM Muna Born: wild Dead:, 1978-00-00 Circus Vargas1948
2+ ♀ EM Dinnu Born: wild Dead:, 1978-00-00 Circus Vargas1948
3+ ♀ EM Seeta (Sita) Born: wild Dead:, 1978-00-00 Circus Vargas1948
4+ ♀ EM Mabel Born: wild Dead:, unknown 1973-00-00 Carson and Barnes Circus
5+ ♀ EM Blondie Born: wild Dead:, unknown 1972-00-00 Carson and Barnes Circus
6+ ♀ EM Lelabardi Born: wild Dead:, unknown 1966-00-00 Mills Brothers Circus
7+ ♀ EM Big Burma (Virginia) Born: wild Dead:, unknown 1965-00-00 Mills Brothers Circus
8+ ♀ EM Margaret Born: wild Dead:, unknown 1965-00-00 Fairyland Circus
9+ ♀ EM Emma Born: wild Dead:, 1958-00-00 Jungleland Thousand Oaks animal farm (Louis Goebel)
10+ ♀ EM Lucy Born: wild Dead:1958-01-00 (3 years after arrival), accident truck went over a cliff in Guadalajara, Mexico1955-00-00 Dailey Bros. Circus
11+ ♀ EM Daisy Born: wild Dead:, unknown 1955-00-00 Cole and Walters Circus
12+ ♀ EM Juno Born: wild Dead:, unknown 1953-00-00 Kelly Miller Circus
13+ ♂ EM Charlie Born: wild Dead:, unknown 1950-00-00 Dailey Bros. Circus1947
14+ ♀ EM Hilda? or Indra? 40Born: wild 1968 Dead:2008-09-23, accident escaped from circus and hit by a bus
15+ ♀ EM Bunny (Bonnie, Bunnie, Bunte) SSP id: T2133 40Born: wild Dead:, unknown Mills Brothers Circus

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Gran Circo Union

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Gran Circo Union in Mexico, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 2 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=725 (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)
2012-10-01 Emma:• The Ringling Elephants 1888-1967, Bandwagon
2012-06-06 Dinnu:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
• http://circusnospin.blogspot.com/2011/04/jungleland-available-for-purchase.html
• http://circusnospin.blogspot.com/2012/05/bronx-zoo-elephants-1977.html
2012-06-06 Seeta (Sita):• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
• http://circusnospin.blogspot.com/2011/04/jungleland-available-for-purchase.html
• http://circusnospin.blogspot.com/2012/05/bronx-zoo-elephants-1977.html
2012-06-06 Muna:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
• http://circusnospin.blogspot.com/2011/04/jungleland-available-for-purchase.html
• http://circusnospin.blogspot.com/2012/05/bronx-zoo-elephants-1977.html
2011-12-08 Lucy:• Chang Reynolds. Bandwagon, Vol. 13, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1969, pp. 10-19.
• http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2005/12/seils-sterling-circus-4.html
2010-12-31 Bunny (Bonnie, Bunnie, Bunte):• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  Jim Cole pictures #4, Buckles Web Log, 2008-01-18
2010-10-01 Big Burma (Virginia):• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
• Burma, a Four-Legged Debutante, By Harry M. Simpson. Bandwagon, Vol. 4, July, 1956, pp. 8-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=wB8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59&dq=new+orleans+zoo+elephant&hl=en&ei=MyOmTOqXLsH-8Aaf3ozNAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQuwUwADgy#v=onepage&q=new%20orleans%20zoo%20elephant&f=false
2010-09-26 Margaret:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2010-09-26 Daisy:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  Buckles Web Log, Cole & Walters Circus #7, 2006-11-30
•  Buckles Web Log, Christy Bros. Circus 1920's #12, 2007-02-08
•  Buckles Web Log, Miller-Woodcock Elephants #3 , 2008-06-27
•  Buckles Web Log, "The Wonder Show" #8, 2008-11-24
•  Buckles Web Log, Gollmar Elephants #6, 2008-12-24
2010-09-26 Mabel:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2007/09/tex-carson-circus-1.html
2010-09-26 Blondie:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
• http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2007/06/to-henry-penndorf.html
2010-05-12 Lelabardi:• Ryan Easley, USA
•  "Mills Bros. Circus early 1950s (From Hal Guyon)", Buckles Web Log, 2008-12-16
•  "To ToddP", Buckles Web Log, 2006-01-13
•  "Baptiste Schreiber #1", Buckles Web Log, 2006-06-02
•  Jim Cole pictures #4", Buckles Web Log, 2008-01-18
•  "Mills Bros. Circus 1963/ Elephant picket line", Buckles Web Log, 2006-02-07
•  "2837 Elephant incident", Circus History Message Board, 2009-03-04
•  http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2010/05/from-buckles-2.html
2009-12-17 Juno:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
• Ryan Easley, USA
•  "Bernard's Elephants", Circus History Message Board, 2009-04-19
•  "Joe Hanson 1937", Buckles Web Log, 2006-06-09
•  "Elephant Art #5", Buckles Web Log, 2009-03-04
• 
• http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2009/12/scan12464-originally-uploaded-by_16.html
2008-09-29 Hilda? or Indra?:• Bus crashes into escaped circus elephant in Mexico
2008-05-18 Charlie:• Page 71, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
• Buckles Woodcock


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