Princess Alice
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Princess Alice

Identification

SSP nr	8

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 69 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1884 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1953-03-30
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 4 babies

1. Born 1912-04-25 (dead † 1912-06-06)	♀ Baby Hutch SSP id: 9

2. Born 1914-03-28 (dead † 1914-04-24)	♂ Baby Tambon SSP id: 10

3. Born 1916-04-15 (dead † 1916-09-09)	♀ Little Miracle SSP id: 11

4. Born 1918-04-29 (dead † 1919-03-15)	♂ Prince Utah SSP id: 14
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo), in United States

Date of arrival

1916-08-25	Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo) from Sells-Floto Circus

1906-00-00	Sells-Floto Circus from Otto Floto Dog and Pony Show

1905-00-00	Otto Floto Dog and Pony Show from Luna Park

1904-00-00	Luna Park from Thompson & Dundee

1904-00-00	Thompson & Dundee from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2007-12-26

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Princess Alice is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1953-03-30 at Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo), in United States, .

Offspring

Total: 4 babies

(F) 1912-04-25 -- † 1912-06-06 Baby Hutch SSP id: 9
(M) 1914-03-28 -- † 1914-04-24 Baby Tambon SSP id: 10
(F) 1916-04-15 -- † 1916-09-09 Little Miracle SSP id: 11
(M) 1918-04-29 -- † 1919-03-15 Prince Utah SSP id: 14

Origin

Princess Alice was born wild 1884.

Comments / pictures

1904: Twenty elephants had been sold to Thompson and Dundee and there were also two bachelor elephants which were going to the largest menagerie in the world, that of Luna Park on Coney Island
Animals are my life, by Lorenz Hagenbeck

Named for President Roosevelt's daughter Alice, area school children collected coins and raised $3,250 for the pachyderm's purchase price and travel expenses to Utah.

1931: the elephant kept breaking loose and running down 700 East. Often, she would also run through Salt Lake City.

Records about Princess Alice from Bob Cline

ALICE (#2) 1884- Born in the wild Stud # 8
Female Asian 1904 came from Thompson & Dundee of Luna Park,NY to
Otto-Floto Circus
1905 - Otto Floto Dog & Pony Show
1906 to 1916 - Sells Floto Circus
Bred to SNYDER Stud # 7
HUTCH (M) born April 25,1912 Stud # 9
Dies June 6,1912 in train fire
Bred to SNYDER
TAMBON (M) born March 28,1914 Stud # 10
Dies April 24,1914. Mother wouldn't nurse
Bred to SNYDER
Little Miracle born April 15, 1916 Stud # 11
Died Sept. 9, 1916
Bred to SNYDER
Prince Utah (M) April 29, 1918 STUD # 14
born at Salt Lake City Zoo
lived ten months
1917 to 1953 - Salt Lake City Zoo
Died March 30, 1953

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Princess Alice, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1182. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700066922/Hogle-Zoo-history-full-of-cute-cuddly-cantankerous-critters.html
Page 125 Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger

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