Empress
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Circo Blue Star in Mexico

Biography

☨ ♀ Empress

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	*
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1959
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Circo Blue Star, in Mexico

Date of arrival

	Circo Blue Star from Unknown

1971-00-00	Unknown from Glen Henry

1962-00-00	Glen Henry from Six Flags Over Texas

1961-00-00	Six Flags Over Texas from Jungleland Thousand Oaks animal farm (Louis Goebel)

Record history
History of updates	0000-00-00

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

† Empress is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1959 at Circo Blue Star, in Mexico, .

Origin

Empress was born .

Comments / pictures

Records about Empress from Bob Cline

EMPRESS 1961 - Louis Goebels
Female Asian 1961 to 1962 - Six Flags over Texas
1964 - 5 years old
1962 to 1971 - Glen Henry Doing circus and Fair dates
Circo Blue Star in Mexico
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Bought by Six Flags Over Texas in 1961 for $2,000.00 In 1962 or 3, she was sold to Glen Henry and his Circus and taken to Gainesville Texas. Sometime later in 70's or 80's she was sold to a third party who then sold her to a "small Mexican Circus," and then she died.Don Tayloe

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Empress, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Circo Blue Star in Mexico. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 7 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12882. (archived at the Wayback machine)