Starlight
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Fisher Bros Circus (Silverlakes) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Starlight

Identification

SSP nr	742

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 1960? wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Fisher Bros Circus (Silverlakes), in United States

Date of arrival

1977-09-00	Fisher Bros Circus (Silverlakes) from Kansas City Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2016-01-05: SSP nr

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

† Starlight is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Fisher Bros Circus (Silverlakes), in United States, .

Origin

Starlight was born wild 1960?.

Comments / pictures

Records about Starlight from SSPNorth American Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Starlight:

742 F ~ 1960 WILD WILD WILD ???? NONE Capture Starlight
MILLER F ~ Jan 1963 ________ Transfer
KANSASCTY ~ 1963 ________ Transfer
DONNA TX ~ Sep 1977 Death

Source: SSP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Starlight, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Fisher Bros Circus (Silverlakes) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 6 December 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16441. (archived at the Wayback machine)