Lydia
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Lydia Elephant Rides (David Tesch) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Lydia

Identification

SSP nr	527

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 70 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1943 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2013-05-00
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Lydia Elephant Rides (David Tesch), in United States

Date of arrival

1987-00-00	Lydia Elephant Rides (David Tesch) from Carson & Barnes Circus

1977-00-00	Carson & Barnes Circus from Bobby Gibbs Elephant Act

1970-00-00	Bobby Gibbs Elephant Act from Carson & Barnes Circus

1965-00-00	Carson & Barnes Circus from Kelly Miller Circus

1960-00-00	Kelly Miller Circus from Rudy Brothers Circus

1958-00-00	Rudy Brothers Circus 1958-00-00 from Kelly Miller Circus

1951-07-00	Kelly Miller Circus from Central Park Zoo

1951-00-00	Central Park Zoo from Trefflichs Bird and Animal Company

Record history
History of updates	2010-12-20:ï¿½Previous locations, SSP, Text RE 2016-03-24: dead

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

† Lydia is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2013-05-00 at Lydia Elephant Rides (David Tesch), in United States, .

Origin

Lydia was born wild 1943.

Comments / pictures

Named after Obert Miller's wife Lydia Miller. //Woodcock

Records about Lydia from Bob Cline

LYDIA Female Asian
1943 - captured in the wild
Imported to US by Henry Trafflich
7/51 sold to Kelly-Miller Circus
1951 to 1964 - Miller-Woodcock Elephants
1958 to 1959 - Rudy Bros. Circus
1965 to 1970 - Carson & Barnes Circus
1970 to 1976 - leased to Bobby Gibbs
1977 to 1984 - Carson & Barnes Circus
1987 to Present - David Tesch owned
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Lydia, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Lydia Elephant Rides (David Tesch) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3119. (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
Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger

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