Hattie (Addie)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
King Brothers Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Hattie (Addie)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1969
Death reason:	accident: Electrocuted while raising a tent pole in Ellenville, NY
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	King Brothers Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1963-00-00	King Brothers Circus from Clyde Beatty Circus

1945-00-00	Clyde Beatty Circus from Barnett Brothers Circus (Wallace Brothers Circus)

1940-00-00	Barnett Brothers Circus (Wallace Brothers Circus) from Frank Walter

1940-05-11	Frank Walter from Downie Brothers Circus

1935-00-00	Downie Brothers Circus from Candler Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2021-09-13

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

† Hattie (Addie) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1969 at King Brothers Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as Electrocuted while raising a tent pole in Ellenville, NY.

Origin

Hattie (Addie) was born wild .

Comments / pictures

"Addie" was named after Addie Sparks the show owners wife but for some reason, over the years it turned into "Hattie".
Williams Buckles Woodcock

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Hattie (Addie), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at King Brothers Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3085. (archived at the Wayback machine)