Gunther
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation in United States

♂ Gunther
Gunther. Ringling's Center for Elephant Conservation 11/2010. Photo: © Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus on Facebook

Identification

SSP nr	537

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 22 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 2001-11-18 captive-born
Birth place:	in Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation
Birth weight	136.00 kgs, 299.20 lbs

Parents:	♂ Charlie x ♀ Mala (Lalea)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation, in United States

Date of arrival

2005-00-00	Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)

2004-00-00	Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit) from Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation

Record history
History of updates	2010-11-20: Text, Management, Image RE 2012-02-28: bu

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

Location

Gunther is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation, in United States.

Gunther arrived in 2005-00-00 to the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation, relocated from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit), in United States.

Gunther lives together with 20 other elephants at the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation:

1. ♀ Alana born 1976
2. ♀ Aree born 2005-04-21
3. ♀ Asia (Daisy) born 1968
4. ♀ Baby born 1961
5. ♀ Bangko (Bangkok) born 1976
6. ♂ Barack (Rocky) born 2009-01-19
7. ♀ Cora (Noel) born 1965-12-03
8. ♀ Emma (Wally) born 1971
9. ♀ Icky II born 1978
10. ♂ Irvin born 2005-06-01
11. ♀ Louie (Lovie, Lovey) born 1966
12. ♀ Mala (Lalea) born 1970
13. ♂ Ozzie (Osgood) born 1999-08-16
14. ♂ P.T. born 2002-05-21
15. ♀ Sally born 1974
16. ♀ Sara born 2001-04-16
17. ♀ Sarah born 1957
18. ♀ Siam II born 1978
19. ♀ Toby born 1961
20. ♂ Vance (Matt) born 1963

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Origin

Gunther was born captive-born 2001-11-18 at Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation.

Parentage

Parents of Gunther are: ♂ Charlie (father) and ♀ Mala (Lalea) (mother).

Siblings through the father Charlie:

1997-05-08(M) Doc
1997-06-23(F) Angelica
1999-08-16(M) Ozzie (Osgood)
2001-04-16(F) Sara
2002-01-29(F) Rudy
2002-03-05(F) Asha
2002-05-21(M) P.T.
2005-02 -- † 2005-02 (F) stillborn
2005-04-21(F) Aree
2005-06-01(M) Irvin
2005-07-30 -- † 2005-08-09 (F) Bertha
2008-11-09(F) Sundara
2010-04-03(F) April

Siblings through the mother Mala (Lalea):

1984-02-02 - † 2023-02-00? (M) Smokey (Rhani, Ronnie)
1988-01-16(M) Hank
1992-04-04(F) Tanya
1995-02-19(F) Shirley
2005-04-21(F) Aree

Pedigree

**Gunthers ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Gunther	Sire (f): Charlie Born: 1973	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Mala (Lalea) Born: 1970	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Gunther started the Gold or Hometown Units inaugural tour with Doc in 2004. They came back to start the 2005 season on the Gold unit again but were pulled off the road by the summer. Gunther never went out again.Bob Cline

Gunther was named after Ringling's animal training superstar, Gunther Gebel-Williams.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Gunther, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 6 December 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2186. (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
Ryan Easley, USA

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Categories2001 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation | United States | Asian elephants

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