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

Biography

☨ ♀ Barnum Lizzie (Liz)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1941-11-07
Death reason:	disease: poison
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1919-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Barnum & Bailey Circus

Record history
History of updates	2023-04-29

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

† Barnum Lizzie (Liz) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1941-11-07 at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as poison.

Origin

Barnum Lizzie (Liz) was born wild .

Comments / pictures

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

Records about Barnum Lizzie (Liz) from Bob Cline

LIZZIE ( Barnum ) 1903 to 1918 - Barnum & Bailey Circus
Female Asian 1919 to 1941 - RBBB
Died - Nov. 7,1941 in the Atlanta poisoning

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

Records about Barnum Lizzie (Liz) from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
From Buckles Woodcocks blog:
Barnum Lizzie (Liz) in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Barnum Lizzie (Liz) in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

William "Buckles" Woodcock

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Barnum Lizzie (Liz), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3842. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

The Ringling Elephants 1888-1967, Bandwagon
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants

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