Tommy
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Al G. Barnes Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Tommy

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 30 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1905 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1935-08-22
Death reason:	euthanised: executed by Police Chief Edward Hobbs in Peru, IN Winterquarters
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Al G. Barnes Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1935-00-00	Al G. Barnes Circus from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

1929-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus from Sells-Floto Circus

1922-00-00	Sells-Floto Circus from William P. Hall Animal Farm

1921-00-00	William P. Hall Animal Farm from Port of Hamburg

	Port of Hamburg from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Port of Hamburg

	Port of Hamburg from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2024-01-06

Latest document update	2022-05-07 05:06:39

† Tommy is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1935-08-22 at Al G. Barnes Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as executed by Police Chief Edward Hobbs in Peru, IN Winterquarters.

Origin

Tommy was born wild 1905.

Comments / pictures

Thei coming of Tom Thumb, age 4 months, smallest baby elephant in the world, at
Columbus, Ohio, brought pleasure to the Sells-Floto family, as well as to thousands of
people in every state. Tommy also was imported from the Hagenback zoo in Hamburg

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Tommy, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Al G. Barnes Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3869. (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
https://classic.circushistory.org/Pdf/1922SellsFlotoRoute.pdf

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