Prince
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Bros. Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Prince

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1906?
Death reason:	euthanised: executed in winterquarters
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Bros. Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1893-00-00	Ringling Bros. Circus
Record history
History of updates	2024-02-04

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Prince is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1906? at Ringling Bros. Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as executed in winterquarters.

Origin

Prince was born wild .

Comments / pictures

"Prince" remained with the show thru 1906. //Buckles

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Prince, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3865. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Page 50, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
William Buckles Woodcock, 2010

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