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Barnum Nellie
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Houston Zoo in United States

dead elephant ☨ ♀ Barnum Nellie  dead elephant
Identification
SSP nr678 / T2083
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 27 years old
Origin
Born:* 1914 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: †1941
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Houston Zoo, in United States
Date of arrival
1924-00-00Houston Zoo
from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
1919-00-00Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
from Barnum & Bailey Circus
1888-00-00Barnum & Bailey Circus
from Barnum and London Circus
Record history
History of updates2012-10-02:�
2016-01-05: SSP nr
Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

† Barnum Nellie is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1941 at Houston Zoo, in United States, .

Origin

Barnum Nellie was born wild 1914.


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Contradictory records:


According to Ringling elephants 1888-1968 in Bandwagon, this elephant came to RBBB from Barnum and Bailey, not from from Ringling Brothers Circus.

Buckles Woodcock support this:

Records about Barnum Nellie from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
Barnum Nellie
1884-87 Barnum & London Circus
1888-18 Barnum & Bailey Circus (Toured 1898-02 in Europe)
1919-24 Ringling-Barnum Circus
1924-41 Houston, Texas Zoo
(Died in 1941)

William "Buckles" Woodcock



Bob Cline and SSP stat her to come into RBBB from Ringling Bros, not Barnum and Baileys:

Records about Barnum Nellie from Bob Cline

NELLIE Born - 1910 in the wild
Female Asian 1911 to 1918 - Ringling Bros. Circus
1919 to 1924 - RBBB
1924 to 1941 - Houston Zoo
Died - 1941

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


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

T2083 F ~ 1914 WILD WILD ASIA ???? ______ Capture Nellie
HAMBURG ???? ______ Transfer
RINGLING ~ 1918 ______ Transfer
HOUSTON ~ 1924 ______ Transfer
~ 1941 Death

Source: SSP studbook for Asian elephants online



Records about Barnum Nellie from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
From Buckles Woodcocks blog:
Barnum Nellie in Houston Zoo

William "Buckles" Woodcock
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Barnum Nellie, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Houston Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 4 December 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2600. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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