Yasso (Jasso)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Hickory Tree Wild Animal farm in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Yasso (Jasso)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Body height:	2.35 meter, 7.7 feet
Body weight:	2636.36 kg, 5800.00 lbs
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Hickory Tree Wild Animal farm, in United States

Date of arrival

	Hickory Tree Wild Animal farm from Buck Zoo (Frank Buck Zoo), Gainesville

1939-00-00	Buck Zoo (Frank Buck Zoo), Gainesville from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1928-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2012-10-02

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

† Yasso (Jasso) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Hickory Tree Wild Animal farm, in United States, .

Origin

Yasso (Jasso) was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Came with the elephant trainer Epi Vidane from Germany to Ringling.

Epi Vidane did the head-trick, he was carried by Yasso with his head inside Yassos mouth.

Records about Yasso (Jasso) from Bob Cline

YASSO
Asian Female 1928 to 1938 - RBBB
1939 to 1940 - Frank Buck @ New York World's Fair
Died - Hickory Tree Wild Animal farm in Mass. during WWII

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

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Yasso (Jasso), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Hickory Tree Wild Animal farm in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3032. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

The Ringling Elephants 1888-1967, Bandwagon
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
Page 51, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger

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