Deceased elephants at Cole Brothers Circus in United States

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This database list 22 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location	Import
1	+ ♂ EM Tony	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	1944-00-00 Terrell Jacobs Circus
2	+ ♀ EM Old Pitt (Petit)	Born: wild Dead:1943-08-06, accident killed by lightning	1942-00-00 John Robinson Circus
3	+ ♀ EM Ding (DIng-Dong)	Born: wild Dead:1940-02-21, accident fire	1939-00-00 Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan)	1893
4	+ ♀ EM Culver SSP id: 565	Born: wild 1920 Dead:, unknown	1936-10-03 San Diego Zoo
5	+ ♀ EM Katie (Little Katie)	Born: wild Dead:1940-02-21 (4 years after arrival), accident fire	1936-00-00 William P. Hall Animal Farm
6	+ ♂ EM Major	Born: wild Dead:1936-02-10, shot shot by by Omer Cole with a rifle	1935-11-00 William H. Woodcock
7	+ ♂ EM Joe	Born: wild Dead:1943-10-29 (8 years after arrival), shot	1935-00-00 101 Ranch Wild West
8	+ ♂ EM George SSP id: 693	Born: wild Dead:1942-02-14 (7 years after arrival), unknown	1935-00-00 William P. Hall Animal Farm
9	+ ♂ EM Mahatma Gandhi	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	1935-00-00
10	+ ♀ EM Nellie	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	1935-00-00 William P. Hall Animal Farm
11	+ ♂ EM Barney (Moton)	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	1935-00-00 Memphis Zoo
12	+ ♀ EM Jean	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	1935-00-00 101 Ranch Wild West
13	+ ♀ EM Tessie	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	1935-00-00 William P. Hall Animal Farm
14	+ ♂ LA Jumbo II (Safari) SSP id: 308 12	Born: wild 1924 Dead:1936-11-26 (2 years after arrival), disease Tuberculosis	1934-12-19 Belle Isle Nature Zoo (Safariland, Detroit Zoo)
15	+ ♀ EM Little Babe 12	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	1934-12-00 William P. Hall Animal Farm
16	+ ♀ EM Frieda (Bama, Miss Fancy) 83	Born: wild 1871? Dead:1954 (20 years after arrival), unknown	1934-00-00 Birmingham Zoo
17	+ ⚪ EM Juno 83	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	William P. Hall Animal Farm
18	+ ♀ EM ? Old Babe 83	Born: wild Dead:, unknown
19	+ ♀ EM Tillie 83	Born: wild Dead:, unknown
20	+ ♀ EM Queen Anne 83	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	O'Brien Circus
21	+ ♀ EM Big Katie 83	Born: wild Dead:, unknown
22	+ ♀ EM Queen 83	Born: wild Dead:,	Sells and Downs Shows (Sells and Gray New United Shows)

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Facts about Deceased elephants at Cole Brothers Circus in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=828 (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	Ding (DIng-Dong):	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • The Ringling Elephants 1888-1967, Bandwagon • Circus Historical Society (CHS), http://www.circushistory.org • A History of the Cole Bros. Circus 1935-40 by Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965, pp. 4-8., href="https://classic.circushistory.org/bandwagon/bw-1965Sep.htm
2016-04-30	Frieda (Bama, Miss Fancy):	• Handbook Cole bros. • http://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Miss_Fancy
2016-01-05	George:	• A History of the Cole Bros. Circus 1935-40 by Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965, pp. 4-8.
2013-06-22	Jumbo II (Safari):	• Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger • http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2005/12/safari-1.html • http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2005/12/tommy-1994.html • • https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/mammals/?ark=ark:/65665/3df3b812a593f4664b1136ccef29d996a • Roth, V. Sep 1984 ["Sep 1984"]. How Elephants Grow: Heterochrony and the Calibration of Developmental Stages in Some Living and Fossil Species. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 4 (1) • http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3df3b812a-593f-4664-b113-6ccef29d996a
2012-06-13	Queen:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2012-04-22	Barney (Moton):	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2009/01/from-bill-strong-1.html • Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965 • Buckles Weblog
2012-04-12	Old Pitt (Petit):	• <a href="http://www.roadsideamerica.com/pet/oldpitt.html">Roadsideamerica</a> • <a href="http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2005/10/john-robinson-circus-parade-4.html">Buckles Woodcock, WebLog</a>
2012-01-11	Major:	• Cole Bros. Clyde Beatty Circus, Wendell C. and John B. Tombaugh • The News-Sentinel, Saturday, January 18, 1936 • The News-Sentinel, Mo
2011-03-02	Culver:	• Buckles Weblog, 20/6 2007
2010-09-25	Katie (Little Katie):	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • A History of the Cole Bros. Circus 1935-40 by Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965, pp. 4-8.
2010-09-23	Joe:	• Buckles Woodcock
2008-09-16	Juno:	• Bandwagon
2007-07-20	Mahatma Gandhi:	• Handbook Cole bros.
2007-07-20	Tillie:	• Handbook Cole bros.
2007-07-20	Jean:	• Buckles Woodcock
2007-07-19	Nellie:	• A History of the Cole Bros. Circus 1935-40 by Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965, pp. 4-8.
2007-07-19	Tessie:	• A History of the Cole Bros. Circus 1935-40 by Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965, pp. 4-8.
2007-07-18	Tony:	• Buckles Woodcock
2007-07-18	Little Babe:	• A History of the Cole Bros. Circus 1935-40 by Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965, pp. 4-8.

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This database list 22 dead elephants

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