Tory
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
B and C Ranch (Bret Carden) in United States

Biography

♀ Tory

Identification

SSP nr	323

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 63 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1963 wild
Birth place:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	B and C Ranch (Bret Carden), in United States

Date of arrival

2006-00-00	B and C Ranch (Bret Carden) from George Carden Circus International

1998-07-12	George Carden Circus International from Dickerson Park Zoo

1996-05-01	Dickerson Park Zoo from George Carden Circus International

1996-03-05	George Carden Circus International from Dickerson Park Zoo

1996-02-29	Dickerson Park Zoo from George Carden Circus International

1995-11-28	George Carden Circus International 1995-11-28 from Dickerson Park Zoo

1995-08-31	Dickerson Park Zoo from George Carden Circus International

1992-00-00	George Carden Circus International from Monty Cox

	Monty Cox from AEPIF-ARC (Murray Hill-Arlan Seidon)

0000-00-00	AEPIF-ARC (Murray Hill-Arlan Seidon) from Dick Drake

Record history
History of updates	2008-12-20: ISBN 2009-02-05: Previous locations, Text 2013-05-06: Previous locations

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

Biography

Tory is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the B and C Ranch (Bret Carden), in United States.

Tory arrived in 2006-00-00 to the B and C Ranch (Bret Carden), relocated from the George Carden Circus International, in United States.

Social

Tory lives together with 1 other elephants at the B and C Ranch (Bret Carden): (detailed list)

♀ Janice (Jaz, Bashful) born 1972

Affiliated people

1: Brett Carden (owner from 2006 to now)

1: Joe Orth (trainer from 1965 )

Origin

Tory was born wild 1963.

Comments / pictures

Hidden by Murray Hill for several years in late 80s and early 90s.

Jaz, Dutchess, and Tory were all sold by George Carden to his son Bret Carden in 2006. //Bob Cline

Records about Tory from Bob Cline

TORY
Female Asian 1965 to 1989 - Murray Hill
Eddie and Dick Drake
in a Robert Mitchum Movie That Championship Season
Murray Hill repossessed and hid for 5 years with DUCHESS
Monty Cox
1992 to 2006 - Carden International Circus
2006 to Present - Bret Carden elephant act

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

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Tory, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at B and C Ranch (Bret Carden) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3056. (archived at the Wayback machine)