Peggy (Eva)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Riddles Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Peggy (Eva)
Peggy & Boope. Riddles Elephant Sanctuary 08/2004. Photo: © Ryan Easley

Identification

SSP nr	389

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 60 years old
Characteristics:	trunk lame
Origin
Born:	* 1960 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2020-09-29?
Death reason:	age:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Riddles Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary, in United States

Date of arrival

1995-08-15	Riddles Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary from Woodcocks’s elephant act

1982-00-00	Woodcocks’s elephant act from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)

1970-00-00	Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit) from Deppe Classic Circus

1969-00-00	Deppe Classic Circus from St Louis Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2020-11-03

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Peggy (Eva) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2020-09-29? at Riddles Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary, in United States, .

Affiliated people

1: William "Buckles" Woodcock (owner from 1982 to 1995)

Origin

Peggy (Eva) was born wild 1960.

Comments / pictures

My "Peggy" was named "Eva" when I got her and I had a policy in those days that when I received a problem elephant, I changed everything including the name. In fact I renamed her after my sister in law who upon receiving the news replied "You gotta be kidding!".
//Buckles

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Peggy (Eva), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Riddles Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1705. (archived at the Wayback machine)