Sugar (Penny, Katie?)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Fort Worth Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Sugar (Penny, Katie?)

Identification

SSP nr	563

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 25 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1915 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1940-07-12
Death reason:	killed: shot with rifle, aggressive, almost killed elephant keeper Jim Brown
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Fort Worth Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1934-00-00	Fort Worth Zoo from Wichita Falls Municipal Zoo

1928-00-00	Wichita Falls Municipal Zoo from 101 Ranch Wild West

1925-00-00	101 Ranch Wild West from John Robinson Circus

1923-00-00	John Robinson Circus from Gollmar Brothers Circus

1922-00-00	Gollmar Brothers Circus from Howes Great London Circus and Van Amburgs Trained Wild Animals

1921-00-00	Howes Great London Circus and Van Amburgs Trained Wild Animals 1921-00-00 from Yankee Robinson Circus

Record history
History of updates	2010-04-25: new record 2018-12-07: location Wichita Falls

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Sugar (Penny, Katie?) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1940-07-12 at Fort Worth Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as shot with rifle, aggressive, almost killed elephant keeper Jim Brown.

Origin

Sugar (Penny, Katie?) was born wild 1915.

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

Records about Sugar (Penny, Katie?) from Bob Cline

born - 1915 called SUGAR Stud # 563
1917 to 1920 - Yankee Robinson Circus
1921 - Howes Great London Shows
1922 - Gollmar Bros. Circus
1923 - Started on John Robinson Circus then left in quarters
1923 to 1924 - in winterquarters - Peru, IN.
1925 to 1926 - Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West Show.
1927 to 1931 - Zoo in Ft. Worth, TX.
Died - 1931 at the zoo by execution //Bob Cline
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

1940: An elephant named Sugar — brought in to keep Queen Tut company — tramples an attendant, breaking his collarbone and ribs and giving him a concussion. But Queen Tut, long the zoo’s favorite attraction, gets credit for saving the day. According to reports, she pushes Sugar away from the attendant and stands guard over the man until help arrives.

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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Sugar (Penny, Katie?), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Fort Worth Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 10 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4855. (archived at the Wayback machine)