Zetta
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Waldo Wild Animal Retirement Village in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Zetta

Identification

SSP nr	445

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 55 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1937 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1992-08-07
Death reason:	age:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Waldo Wild Animal Retirement Village, in United States

Date of arrival

1988-02-00	Waldo Wild Animal Retirement Village from Woodcocks’s elephant act

1988-02-15	Woodcocks’s elephant act from Miami Metro Zoo

1987-00-00	Miami Metro Zoo from Tarzan Zerbini Circus

1985-00-00	Tarzan Zerbini Circus from Hubert Castle International Circus

1962-00-00	Hubert Castle International Circus from Downie Brothers Circus

1962-00-00	Downie Brothers Circus 1962-00-00 from Ed Widaman elephant act

1952-00-00	Ed Widaman elephant act from Honest West's Big Indoor Circus

1950-00-00	Honest West's Big Indoor Circus from Ed Widaman elephant act

1947-00-00	Ed Widaman elephant act from Rimberg & Fox Circus Equipment Corporation

Record history
History of updates	2010-12-31: Death date RE

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

† Zetta is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1992-08-07 at Waldo Wild Animal Retirement Village, in United States, .

Affiliated people

1: William "Buckles" Woodcock (owner from 1988 to 1988)

Origin

Zetta was born wild 1937.

Comments / pictures

Records about Zetta from Bob Cline

ZETTA Stud # 445

1937 - Born and Captured in the wild
1947 - Bought from Harry Rimberg and Jack Fox importers by Ed Widaman
Named after Ed Widaman's wife, Arzetta
1950 to 1951 - Honest West's Big Indoor Circus
1952 to 1961 - Ed Widaman act
1962 to 1963 - Larry Higgins' Downie Bros. Circus
1962 to 1985 - Hubert Castle Circus
1985 to 1987 - Tarzan Zerbini
1987 to 1988 - Miami Metro Zoo
1988 - Buckles Woodcock ( Had her for about a week )
1988 to 1992 - Retirement Animal Village in Waldo, FL.
Died - 1992 at Waldo Animal Village

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

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Zetta, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Waldo Wild Animal Retirement Village in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1869. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants*
*Patricia Zerbini
"Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant, The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71

Litterature about Waldo Wild Animal Retirement Village