Floto
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Sells-Floto Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Floto

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	*
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1921-11-19
Death reason:	euthanised: execution by gunshot
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Sells-Floto Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1908-00-00	Sells-Floto Circus from Otto Floto Dog and Pony Show

1904-00-00	Otto Floto Dog and Pony Show from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

1903-00-00	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2022-05-07

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

† Floto is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1921-11-19 at Sells-Floto Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as execution by gunshot.

Origin

Floto was born .

Comments / pictures

Records about Floto from Bob Cline

FLOTO 1903 - bought from Hagenbeck Zoo
Male Asian 1904 to 1906 - Otto Floto Dog and Pony Show
1908 to 1921 - Sells-Floto Circus stampeded in Orange, TX. - shot same day.
Died - Nov. 19, 1921 ( execution by gunshot )
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Floto, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Sells-Floto Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12598. (archived at the Wayback machine)