Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus European Tour in United States

Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus European Tour
Type	circus
Founded	1963
First elephant arrived	1963
Last elephant left	1964
Closed down	1964
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner	1963-1964: John Ringling North

Directors

Key People

Veterinarians
Elephant department
Head keepers of elephants	1963-1964: Hugo Schmitt (chief elephant trainer) 1963-1964: Ivor Rosaire (elephant trainer)

Elephant keepers	1963-1964: Charly Weiser (assistant elephant trainer) 1963-1964: Hans Romlund (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates	2022-03-29

Latest document update	2022-03-29 08:21:09

Description

Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus European Tour, United States , was founded in 1963 and the first elephant arrived in 1963. The last elephant left in 1964. Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus European Tour closed down in 1964.

Comments / picturesElephants owned, residing and performing with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus can be found at several different locations, which have been divided up for clarification of record keeping and to give a better idea of Herd identifications. They include:
- Ringling Brothers Circus (1884 - 1918)
- Barnum & Bailey Circus (1888 - 1918)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 1968)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit (1969 - present)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Red Unit (1969 - present)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Gold Unit (1988 - present)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus European Tour (1963 - 1964)
- Circus World at Polk City (1974 - 1984
- Ringling Retirement Farm at Williston (1984 - 2010)
- Ringling Brother\'s Center for Elephant Conservation (1995 - present)

1964: Trolle Rhodin Sr. agreed with John Ringling North (who lived in Swiss because of tax-reasons) to rent the 8 elephants (bought from Chipperfield) after the too early Ringling-stop in Germany

References for records about Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus European Tour

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus European Tour, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2053. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Johan Vinberg, Swedish Circus Academy
http://showmeelephants.blogspot.com/2011/06/jim-stockley-collection-chipperfields_12.html

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