Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit) in United States

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Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)
Typecircus
Founded1969
Last elephant left2017
Closed down2017
Place Venice
Region Florida
Country United States
Related persons
Owner 1969-2017: Kenneth Feld

Performers & Artists


Zoological department

Veterinarians 2011-2014: Jessica Clowers
Animal trainers


Equestrians


Elephant department

Elephant Trainer 2010-2016: Joey Frisco
1994-1995: William "Buckles" Woodcock
1994-1994: Ted Svertesky
1986-1991?: Franz Tisch
1978-1979: Gary Jacobson
1978-1978: William "Buckles" Woodcock
1971-1971: John Herriot
1970-1989: Axel Gautier
-2010: Brian French
: Chico Williams

Elephant keepers

1997-1998: Nate Green
1992-1993: Wade Burck
1984-1987: Wade Burck
1978-1978: Gary Hill
1977-1978: Sam Hadock
1973-1973: Gary Hill
1970-1993: Donna Gautier
1969-1970: Axel Gautier
-1993: Michael Gautier
-1993: Kevin Gautier

Record history
History of updates2022-10-11

Latest document update2022-10-11 15:51:13
Description

Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit), in Venice, United States , was founded in 1969. The last elephant left in 2017. Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit) closed down in 2017.


Specified info for Ringling locations 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)


Ringling Brothers and Barnum and <a href='location2.php?location_id=634' title='Bailey Circus'>Bailey Circus</a>
(Blue Unit) in United States United+States
I’m not sure of the origin of these photos either but they feature the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit in January 1974. According to the records of elephant historian Sabu Moreau, the elephants in order of the stable line were Icky, Siam, Marcella, Luci, India, Susan, Betty, Calcutta, Rani, Jewel, Jenny, Roma, Putzi, Karnaudi, John, Cora, Targa and Karen with superintendent Axel Gautier.
Sabu would travel with both units for a short time and he compiled incredibly comprehensive details on the elephants each year in the 1970s, even documenting a diagram with each elephant’s location in the train cars moving from city to city.

Ryan Easley


"Carmen", "Peggy", "Gilda", "Zina", "George", "Hugo", and "Anna May".
We had a total of 22 that season.

"Blue Show 1978 #12," Buckles Web Log, 2009-01-07


For many years, when the Ringling show played San Diego, it would always unload the elephants, horses and lead stock at the Santa Fe siding down in Old Town. From there, it was only about a mile\'s walk to the Sports Arena. These photos were all taken when the Blue Unit arrived in 1986. Since then, more tracks have been added in this area and the unloading must take place further south. (From looking at the photos, it appears that the 1986 Blue Unit elephant Herd was made up of mostly full-grown adults.) Eric
Blue Show Herd 1986 (In order of seniority)
1. Siam 2. India 3. Calcutta 4. Jewel 5. Lucy 6. Betty 7. Rani 8. Suzanne 9. Jenny 10. Targa 11. Kernaudi 12. Roma 13. Putsie 14. Karen 15. Carmen 16. Sophie 17. Bonnie 18. Nicole 19. Icky (Delivered calf "Juliet" 12-30-92) 20. Alana (Delivered calf "Romeo" 1-10-93) Buckles

"Blue Show 1986 #1 (From Eric Beheim)," Buckles Web Log, 2009-01-14


2007: The names and ages of the 10 elephants that perform on the 136th Edition are: Sara (4), Kelly-Ann (9), Bonnie (11), Juliette (13), Nicole (29), Karen (36), Minjak (38), Susan (52), Jewel (55) and Mysore (58).

References for records about Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2206. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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