Marcella
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Circus World (Polk City) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Marcella

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1977-07-12
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Circus World (Polk City), in United States

Date of arrival

1977-00-00	Circus World (Polk City) from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Record history
History of updates	2024-11-24:

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

† Marcella is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1977-07-12 at Circus World (Polk City), in United States, .

Origin

Marcella was born wild .

Comments / pictures

"Marcella was only used in spec, covered with a blanket to hide the fact that she was sort of thin. She was retired to Circus World on our first jump from Venice to Lakeland. Axel said that she had been on the show for 64 years. They threw a big "retirement party" for Marcella as a publicity stunt. She didn't last long after retiring." //Elmo Gibb

Records about Marcella from Bob Cline

MARCELLA 1922-Joins RBBB Arrived on a boat in Nov. from Ceylon Nov. 5, 1922
Female Asian 1922 to 1977 - RBBB
Retires to Circus World on Feb. 3, 1977 she weighed 5, 926 lbs.
Died - July 12,1977 in her sleep at Circus World in Fla.

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

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Marcella, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Circus World (Polk City) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3076. (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
"RBBB 1951 #2," Buckles Web Log, 2007-10-16
"From Peter Rosa #1, Buckles Web Log, 2009-12-21

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