Alice
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Alice

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1941-11-05
Death reason:	disease: poison
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1922-11-05	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Record history
History of updates	2023-04-29

Latest document update	2023-08-22 13:20:21

† Alice is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1941-11-05 at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as poison.

Origin

Alice was born wild at Sri Lanka unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

Records about Alice from Ryan Easleys Blog at https://showmeelephants.blogspot.com/
The six that arrived to Ringling 11/5/1922 came from Ceylon

Ryan Easley

Died fall of 1941 in Atlanta , Ga. due to poisoning.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Alice, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3391. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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