Molly
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Boswell Circus in South Africa

Biography

☨ ♀ Molly

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:	Boswell Circus, in South Africa

Date of arrival

1921-00-00	Boswell Circus from Frank Willison Circus

Record history
History of updates	2022-04-18

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

† Molly is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Boswell Circus, in South Africa, .

Origin

Molly was born .

Comments / pictures

The first Asian elephant was bought in 1921 from Frank Willison, an American who ran a circus in Madagascar. She was a cow called Molly, who arrived in Durban by ship together with a bear.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Molly, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Boswell Circus in South Africa. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12873. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

The Boswells: The Story of a South African Circus, by Charles Ricketts.

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