Sally
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Sally

Identification

SSP nr	697

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 20 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1947 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1967-06-23
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa), in United States

Date of arrival

1961-07-00	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) from Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus)

1960-00-00	Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus) from Kelly Miller Circus

1949-00-00	Kelly Miller Circus from Jungleland Thousand Oaks animal farm (Louis Goebel)

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-12: text 2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Sally is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1967-06-23 at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa), in United States, .

Origin

Sally was born wild 1947.

Comments / pictures

Sally was later sold to Clyde Beatty in 1960 for his Florida Park and after that became the very first elephant at Busch Gardens in Tampa.
Buckles Woodcock

Records about Sally from Bob Cline

SALLY, Female Asian
imported to US
Thousand Oaks
1949 to 1957 - Kelly-Miller Circus
1960 to 1961 - Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros. Circus
1961 to 1967 - Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL.
Died - June 1967
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Sally, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=995. (archived at the Wayback machine)