Frieda
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Frieda

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1956
Death reason:	disease: Cerebral hemmorage
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1940-12-00	Cleveland Metroparks Zoo from Frank Buck

1939-00-00	Frank Buck from Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus

1937-00-00	Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus from Al G. Barnes Circus

1930-00-00	Al G. Barnes Circus from Sells-Floto Circus

1906-00-00	Sells-Floto Circus from Otto Floto Dog and Pony Show

1904-00-00	Otto Floto Dog and Pony Show 1904-00-00 from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

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

† Frieda is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1956 at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as Cerebral hemmorage.

Origin

Frieda was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Records about Frieda from Bob Cline

BABY FRIEDA 1903 - arrives in US from Hagenbeck Zoo in germany
Female Asian 1904 to 1905 - Otto Floto Dog & Pony Show
1906 to 1929 - Sells-Floto Circus
1930 to 1935 - Al G. Barnes Circus
1937 to 1938 - Al G. Barnes / Sells Floto Circus
1939 to 1940 - Frank Buck @ New York Worlds Fair
1940 to 1957 - Cleveland Zoo in Cleveland Ohio
Died - Nov. 17, 1957 at the zoo. ( Cerebral hemmorage )

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

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Frieda, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2007. (archived at the Wayback machine)