Lizzie
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Wirth Circus in Australia

Biography

☨ ♀ Lizzie

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	*
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1920-10-24
Death reason:	disease:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Wirth Circus, in Australia

Date of arrival

	Wirth Circus from FitzGerald Brothers' Circus and Menagerie

1897-00-00	FitzGerald Brothers' Circus and Menagerie from Carl Hagenbecks show at Venedig in Wien

1897-00-00	Carl Hagenbecks show at Venedig in Wien from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-11: text updated

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

† Lizzie is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1920-10-24 at Wirth Circus, in Australia, .

Origin

Lizzie was born .

Comments / pictures

Performing Elephant Dies

Lizzie, one of the elephants at Wirth Bros' circus, died on Sunday night after an illness of several months is the fourth elephant which the circus has lost during the present tour Lizzie was a great worker and was a popular performer in the ring. The carcase has been removed to a soap manufactory to be boiled down.
The Argus 26 October 1920

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Lizzie, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wirth Circus in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 2 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7437. (archived at the Wayback machine)