Mabel
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Mabel

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀

People killed:	1
Origin
Born:	*
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1944-03-03
Death reason:	euthanised: at Sarasota winter quarters
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1942-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Unknown

1939-00-00	Unknown from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

1927-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus from John Robinson Circus

1925-00-00	John Robinson Circus from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

1923-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus from John Robinson Circus

1917-00-00	John Robinson Circus 1917-00-00 from William P. Hall Animal Farm

Record history
History of updates	2023-04-29

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

† Mabel is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1944-03-03 at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as at Sarasota winter quarters .

Origin

Mabel was born .

Comments / pictures

Records about Mabel from Bob Cline

MABEL 1916 - Wm.P. Hall sold to John Robinson for $2000.00 per Hall papers @ CWM.
Female Asian 1917 to 1922 - John Robinson Circus
1923 to 1924 - Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
1925 to 1926 - John Robinson Circus
1927 to 1938 - Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
Killed George Page on July 2, 1938
1939 to 1941 - Barnes quarters in Thousand Oaks, Ca.
1942 to 1944 - RBBB
Died - March 3, 1944 at Sarasota winter quarters execution by gunshot

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

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Mabel, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6184. (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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