Douglas
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Circus Carl Althoff in Germany

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Douglas  dead elephant
Identification
Description
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Imported:1962 by Firma Ruhe
Death
Dead: †
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Circus Carl Althoff, in Germany
Date of arrival
1962-11-28Circus Carl Althoff
from Firma Ruhe
Record history
History of updates2024-03-10
Latest document update2023-09-23 08:18:47

† Douglas is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died at Circus Carl Althoff, in Germany, .

Origin

Douglas was born wild . and imported 1962 by Firma Ruhe


Comments / pictures


Douglas was a bull, one of the first African elephants bought by Carl Altoff and trained for his sons Corty and Giovanni. Douglas rolled on a big bowl and did some other tricks at the time of the Californian Circus.

Christian Hamel
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Douglas, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Circus Carl Althoff in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6697. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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