Sue
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Sue

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1994
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus), in United States

Date of arrival

	Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus) from Trunks and Humps (Bill Swain)

1989-00-00	Trunks and Humps (Bill Swain) from Gopher Davenport

	Gopher Davenport from DR Miller

Record history
History of updates	2022-05-23

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

† Sue is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1994 at Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus), in United States, .

Origin

Sue was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

Other census records state Sue's death in 1994 as opposed to 1993.

Records about Sue from Bob Cline

Sue, Female Asian
D.R. Miller
Gopher Davenport
1989 - Bill Swain
Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros. Circus
42 years old - 5500 lbs. w/ Fred Logan.
Died - 1993
( see Circus Report Feb. 27th, 1989, page 2 )
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Sue, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6317. (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
"Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant, The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71

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