Bertha
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Bertha

Identification

SSP nr	643

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 2005-07-30 captive-born
Birth place:	in Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation

Parents:	♂ Charlie x ♀ Icky II
Death
Dead:	†2005-08-09
Death reason:	unknown: during surgery
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation, in United States

Date of arrival

2005-07-30	Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Bertha is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2005-08-09 at Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation, in United States, . Official death reason described as during surgery.

Origin

Bertha was born captive-born 2005-07-30 at Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation.

Parentage

Parents of Bertha are: ♂ Charlie (father) and ♀ Icky II (mother).

Siblings through the father Charlie:

1997-05-08(M) Doc
1997-06-23(F) Angelica
1999-08-16(M) Ozzie (Osgood)
2001-04-16(F) Sara
2001-11-18(M) Gunther
2002-01-29(F) Rudy
2002-03-05(F) Asha
2002-05-21(M) P.T.
2005-02 -- † 2005-02 (F) stillborn
2005-04-21(F) Aree
2005-06-01(M) Irvin
2008-11-09(F) Sundara
2010-04-03(F) April

Siblings through the mother Icky II:

1992-12-30(F) Juliet (Juliette)
1997-06-23(F) Angelica
2001-04-16(F) Sara

Pedigree

**Berthas ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Bertha	Sire (f): Charlie Born: 1973	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Icky II Born: 1978	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Bertha, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=621. (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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