Circus Bell and Meyers in United States

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Circus Bell and Meyers
Type	circus
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner

Zoological department
Elephant department
Elephant keepers
-1866: Moffet

Record history
History of updates	2008-02-23

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11

Description

Circus Bell and Meyers , United States .

Casualties

1 casualties

1866-06-28: elephant keeper Moffet fatal attack by unknown ("Murten elephant"). With his powerful Trunk he had twice thrown him into the air, then pressed him to the ground with his Tusks and finally kicked him with his Feet. It had taken the unfortunate man a whole agonizing hour to die. Shortly after noon, the mahout’s assistant led the female animal towards Fribourg. Several times, the elephant cow stopped to watch out in vain for for her longtime companion. † Moffet Died 1866-06-28

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Koehl, Dan (2025). Circus Bell and Meyers , Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=964. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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