Ceasar
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Bowmanville Zoo in Canada

Biography

☨ ♂ Ceasar
Caesar & Josh Cowling. Bowmanville Zoo 04/2006. © Josh Cowling

Identification

SSP nr	274

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 19 years old
Status:	castrated
Origin
Born:	* 1987-04-02 captive-born
Birth place:	in Roman Schmitt Busch Garden

Parents:	♂ Vance (Matt) x ♀ Minyak
Death
Dead:	†2006
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Bowmanville Zoo, in Canada

Date of arrival

2001-05-11	Bowmanville Zoo from Trunks and Humps (Bill Swain)

1988-03-09	Trunks and Humps (Bill Swain) from Roman Schmitt Busch Garden

Record history
History of updates	2021-09-10

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

† Ceasar is a dead castrated Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2006 at Bowmanville Zoo, in Canada, .

Origin

Ceasar was born captive-born 1987-04-02 at Roman Schmitt Busch Garden.

Parentage

Parents of Ceasar are: ♂ Vance (Matt) (father) and ♀ Minyak (mother).

Siblings through the father Vance (Matt):

1983-09-09(M) Big Boy
1983-11-23(F) Targa
1984-02-02 -- † 2023-02-00? (M) Smokey (Rhani, Ronnie)
1985-11-24 -- † 2022-11-00 (M) Luke (Sabu)
1987-01-22(M) Bo
1987-10-10 -- † 2009-05-15 (M) Ned (Indy, India)
1988-01-16(M) Hank
1988-12-30(F) Angel
1989-07-21 -- † 1989-07-21 (M) stillborn
1989-08 -- † 1989-08 (M) stillborn
1990-04-13(F) Karnaudi
1991-01-06 -- † 1999-04-21 (F) Belle
1991-12-19 -- † 2016-12-26 (M) Benny (Dumbo)
1992-04-04(F) Baby
1992-04-17 -- † 2006-01--31 (F) Maya (Sammi, Sami, Samuel R II)
1992-05-25(M) Tommy (Mickey)
1992-10-17 -- † 1992-10-17 (F) stillborn
1994-08-19 -- † 1998 (M) Kenny (Kenneth)
1994-10-29(F) Bonnie
1995-02-03 -- † 1999-07-26 (M) Benjamin
1995-02-19(F) Shirley
1996-01-01(F) Kelly Ann

Siblings through the mother Minyak:

1983-08-23(F) Tonka (Barbie)
1992-10-17 - † 1992-10-17 (F) stillborn
1994-08-19 - † 1998 (M) Kenny (Kenneth)

Pedigree

**Ceasars ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Ceasar	Sire (f): Vance (Matt) Born: 1963	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Minyak Born: 1966	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Ceasar in Bowmanville Zoo
"The gentleman standing to the left is Richard "Army" Maguire. The best elephant trainer in my opinion out there. Next to him is one year old Ceasar, seventeen year old Vance than my dad. I wish I had more pics of Army, but when he was around he was trying to teach me things. Which was harder then training the elephant most of the time." //Mike Swain

Ceasar in Bowmanville Zoo
Ceasar & Benny 1999. Photo: © Mike Swain

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Ceasar, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Bowmanville Zoo in Canada. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=648. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Buckle's Web Log, Recent pictures from Mr. Von Gilsa #4

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