Fritz
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Barnum and Baileys circus European tour in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Fritz  dead elephant
Fritz statue at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours in Tours, France
Fritz statue at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours in Tours, France
Museum locations
Present / last location:Museum of Fine Arts of Tours, in France
Date of arrival
Museum of Fine Arts of Tours, Tours, France
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂
Body height: 3.17 meter, 10.4 feet
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: †1902-06-11
Death reason: killed: strangled due to agressiveness
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Barnum and Baileys circus European tour, in United States
Date of arrival
1897-00-00Barnum and Baileys circus European tour
from Barnum & Bailey Circus
1888-00-00Barnum & Bailey Circus
from Barnum and London Circus
1881-00-00Barnum and London Circus
from P. T. Barnums Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome
Record history
History of updates2025-04-19
Latest document update2022-04-06 14:34:18

† Fritz is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1902-06-11 at Barnum and Baileys circus European tour, in United States, . Official death reason described as strangled due to agressiveness.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Museum of Fine Arts of Tours, in Tours, France.

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 1902-06: elephant trainer George Bates attacked by Fritz. Fritz went for Bates, his keeper, in Tours. George Bates Survived. Fritz was hung on Baileys orders on 11th June 1902.


Origin

Fritz was born wild .


Comments / pictures

Records about Fritz from Bob Cline

FRITZ 1879 to 1880 - P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth
Male Asian 1881 to 1887 - Barnum & London Circus
1888 to 1902 - Barnum & Bailey Circus
Died - June 12, 1902 ( Executed while on European tour. )
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".


Fritz joined the Barnum and Bailey Circus during its final year of its five year European Tour. Eighteen elephants, ten large and eight younger, were under the supervision of George Conklin, George Beattie and George Bates. In total, six elephants died during the tour and none of the four males displayed returned to the United States.

Around 30 years old in the 1897. He was heavier than Jumbo and about 10, 4 tall, the shows tallest at that time.

Fritz in Barnum and Baileys circus European tourBarnum & Bailey Europe tour, Berlin, 1900. Tusker is Fritz, trainer is William Newman.

1902: He went for Bates, his keeper, in Tours, and was hung on Baileys orders on 11th June 1902.

The stuffed remains of Fritz can be found at the Musée des Beaux Art, Tours, France.

Fritz in Barnum and Baileys circus European tour
Killed in France on tour in Europe, under supervision of George Conklin.
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Fritz, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Barnum and Baileys circus European tour in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3124. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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