Topsy (Pearl)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Bill Rivers in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Topsy (Pearl)

Identification

SSP nr	586

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Bill Rivers, in United States

Date of arrival

	Bill Rivers from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)

1969-00-00	Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit) from Deppe Classic Circus

1962-00-00	Deppe Classic Circus from St Louis Zoo

1960-00-00	St Louis Zoo from Jungleland Thousand Oaks animal farm (Louis Goebel)

Record history
History of updates	0000-00-00

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

† Topsy (Pearl) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Bill Rivers, in United States, .

Origin

Topsy (Pearl) was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Records about Topsy (Pearl) from Bob Cline

TOPSY 1959 - Born in the wild Stud # 586
Female Asian 1960 - Louis Goebel
1960 to 1962 - St. Louis Zoo ( was called Pearl )
1962 to 1969 - Wilbur Deppe ( John Herriott renamed her Topsy )
1969 to 1982 - RBBB
Bill Rivers in California
Died - ????

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

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Topsy (Pearl), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Bill Rivers in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4294. (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

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