Danny
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Danny


Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1939-07-07
Death reason:	killed:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, in United States

Date of arrival

1938-00-00	Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium from Barnett Brothers Circus (Wallace Brothers Circus)

1937-00-00	Barnett Brothers Circus (Wallace Brothers Circus) from Kay Brothers Circus

1937-00-00	Kay Brothers Circus from Otis L. Smith Carnival

	Otis L. Smith Carnival from Sangers Great European Shows-Hugo Bros-Harris Bros-Gentry Bros (Floyd and Howard King)

1928-00-00	Sangers Great European Shows-Hugo Bros-Harris Bros-Gentry Bros (Floyd and Howard King) from Walter L. Main Circus

1925-00-00	Walter L. Main Circus 1925-00-00 from Sells-Floto Circus

1923-00-00	Sells-Floto Circus from Gollmar Brothers Circus

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17: 2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Danny is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1939-07-07 at Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, in United States, .

Origin

Danny was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Article and Image: "Highland Park Zoo - Part I" at ShowMe Elephants

Records about Danny from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
Letter from Bill Woodcock Sr. (4/8/63) to Joe Bradbury
"In 1930 we played Utica NY with the Floto Show and after the bulls were loaded we walked a short distance to the lot of the Otis L. Smith Carnival.
They had an animal show or menagerie with three elephants "Mom", "Danny" and "Eva" acquired from Floyd Kings defunct Cole Bros. Circus, the last two did an act in a roped off area as a free act. They were presented by Joe Secastin and Smiths daughter Maybelle and later appeared in Vaudeville billed as "Maybelle"s Elephants". //Buckles Web Log, "Danny" and "Eva"

"In response to Bill Schreiber, they did indeed have a male elephant on the Wallace Show. This is "Danny" a former Corporation Tusker that was on the show in 1937-38 when they were still using the Barnett title. He tried to tear up the show in 1938, as those males have been known to do and was hustled off to the Pittsburgh Zoo. The man at left wearing the boots is an old timer named Tommy "Daddy" Burns." //Buckles Web Log, Barnett Bros. Circus 1937/ "Danny"

William "Buckles" Woodcock

Records about Danny from Bob Cline

DANNY 1922 - arrives in US imported by the American Circus Corp.
Male Asian 1922 - Gollmar Bros. Circus
1923 - remained in winter quarters
1924 - Harris Bros. Circus
1925 - Walter L. Main Circus
1926 to 1928 - Gentry Bros. Circus
1929 - Cole Bros. Circus
1930 to 1931 - Otis L. Smith Carnival
1931 to 1935 - Maybelles Elephants ( Otis L. Smiths daughter )
1936 - Kay Bros. Circus
1936 - bought by Barnett Bros. Circus
1937 - Wallace Bros. Circus
1938 - Barnett Bros. Circus
1938 - Given to Highland Park Zoo near Pittsburgh, PA.
1939 to 1941 - Highland Park Zoo
Died - sometime in 1941

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

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Danny, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2872. (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
http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2007/06/and-with-wallace-bros-circus_14.html
http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2005/08/barnett-bros-circus-1937-danny.html

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