Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm in United States

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Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm
Type	circus
First elephant arrived	1985
Last elephant left	2010
Place	Williston
Region	Florida
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner

Zoological department
Elephant department

Elephant Superintendent	-2007: Harry Locker


Elephant Trainer	1989-1999: Jim Silverlake

Head keepers of elephants
1993-1994: Ted Svertesky 1989-1993: Axel Gautier

Record history
History of updates	2021-11-02xx

Latest document update	2021-11-02 14:54:03

Description

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm, in Williston, United States and the first elephant arrived in 1985. The last elephant left in 2010.

Casualties

1 casualties

1993-05-05: elephant trainer Axel Gautier fatal attack by Reba. The elephant approached Gautier from behind, pushed him down with her trunk and stepped on him, the sheriff's report said. † Axel Gautier Died 1993-05-05, Shands Hospital in Gainesville. Gautier was treated at a Williston hospital for internal injuries to his chest, pelvis and abdomen and then flown to Shands Hospital in Gainesville, where he died.

Specified info for Ringling locationsRingling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1919-2017, shortened RBBB, or Ringlings today, was a 1919 merge between Ringling Brothers Circus (1884 - 1918) and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1888 - 1918). Elephants 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:

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)

Until the time of his death Jan. 7, 2007, Harry Locker, 52, was operations manager of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Baileys retired circus elephants in Williston.

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2116. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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