Abele
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) at
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Abele was born wild 1941 at Congo unspecified forest.

In June 1947, Howard Bary docked in Bronx, New York, with an African forest elephant for Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He had spent several months in the Belgian Congo as an agent for the show. Two elephants were originally acquired and shipped across the Atlantic Ocean, however one died four days prior to arrival in America on 22 June 1947.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Ryan Easley, USA
  
• 
  Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
  
• 
  <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=WQwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86&dq=siam+animal&hl=en&ei=R56nTM_yLcL98AafyMjWDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=9&ved=0CFIQuwUwCA#v=onepage&q=siam%20animal&f=false" target="_blank">"Record Grosses Hold for R-B," The Billboard Vol 59 No 26, Page 79, 1947-07-05</a>

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