Twinkles
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Jules and Beck Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Twinkles

Identification

SSP nr	628

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 16 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1968 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1984-05-09
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Jules and Beck Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1984-05-07	Jules and Beck Circus from Atlanta Zoo

1971-12-01	Atlanta Zoo from Six Flags Over Georgia

Record history
History of updates	2013-04-19

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

† Twinkles is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1984-05-09 at Jules and Beck Circus, in United States, .

Origin

Twinkles was born wild 1968.

Comments / pictures

Records about Twinkles from Bob Cline

Twinkles, Female Asian
Born - 1968 - in the wild
Six Flags of Georgia
1971 to 1984 - Atlanta Zoo
1984 - Jules and Beck Circus
Died - May 9, 1984 in Cherryville, NC
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Contradictory records:

The records of Bob Cline contradict the death date for Twinkles found in the North American Regional Studbook for the Asian Elephant.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Twinkles, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Jules and Beck Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4280. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Richard Reynolds
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants

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