Fannie (Fanny)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Fannie (Fanny)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	*
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1942-01-02	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Baldwin Park

1939-00-00	Baldwin Park from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

1937-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1919-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Barnum & Bailey Circus

Record history
History of updates	2012-10-02:

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

† Fannie (Fanny) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States, .

Origin

Fannie (Fanny) was born .

Comments / pictures

Records about Fannie (Fanny) from Bob Cline

FANNIE 1908 to 1918 - Barnum & Bailey
Female Asian 1919 to 1936 - RBBB
1936 - in Peru, IN. WQ
1937 to 1938 - Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
1939 to 1941 - Al G. Barnes WQ in Thousand Oaks, Ca.
1942 - RBBB WQ
No Further records

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

Records about Fannie (Fanny) from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
From Buckles Woodcocks blog:
Fannie (Fanny) in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Fannie (Fanny) in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

William "Buckles" Woodcock

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Fannie (Fanny), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12859. (archived at the Wayback machine)