Romeo
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Bros. Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Romeo

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂

People killed:	3
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1900-10-23
Death reason:	euthanised: execution by gunshot
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Bros. Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1900-00-00	Ringling Bros. Circus
Record history
History of updates	2024-02-04

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Romeo is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1900-10-23 at Ringling Bros. Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as execution by gunshot.

Origin

Romeo was born unknown .

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Records about Romeo from Bob Cline

ROMEO
Male Asian 1900 - Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows ( Killed three men in last 15 years )
Died - October 23rd, 1900 in Witchita Falls, TX. ( execution by gunshot )

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

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Romeo, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 January 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6186. (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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