Mary
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Clyde Brothers-Carden-Johnson Circus in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Mary  dead elephant
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 25 years old
Origin
Born:* 1954 wild
Birth place:
Imported:1955
Death
Dead: †1979-06-04
Death reason: disease: salmonella poisoning
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Clyde Brothers-Carden-Johnson Circus, in United States
Date of arrival
1978-00-00Clyde Brothers-Carden-Johnson Circus
from Clyde Brothers Circus (Howard Suesz)
Record history
History of updates2012-05-28
Latest document update2018-04-29 16:32:27

† Mary is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1979-06-04 at Clyde Brothers-Carden-Johnson Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as salmonella poisoning.

Origin

Mary was born wild 1954. and imported 1955


Comments / pictures

Records about Mary from Bob Cline

Mary, Female Asian
1955 to 1979 - Clyde Bros. Circus
Died - June 4, 1979 of Salmonella food poisoning (Santa Fe, NM)
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".


Mary, Sue and Ruth arrived fall 1955 from India / Siam to Howard Suesz's Clyde Brothers Circus.
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Mary, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Clyde Brothers-Carden-Johnson Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12686. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories1979 deaths | 1954 births | Born in India | 1955 imports | Elephants from Clyde Brothers-Carden-Johnson Circus | United States | Asian elephants




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