Herta Fossett

From the list of elephant persons Family: Pohorsky

☨ Herta Fossett
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born

Spouse(s)	1953 Teddy Fossett

Country	Ireland

Locations
Title	owner 1953-2024
Location	at Fossett Brothers Circus (Powell & Clarke) in Ireland

Biography details

Herta Pohorsky , circus director in Ireland

dead 2024 .

Affiliation with 3 elephants

1: Blackie (trainer) 2: Jimmy (trainer) 3: Monica (trainer)

1952: Teddy Fossett and Herta married in 1953, their children were Edward Fosset Jr., Robert Fosset, Marion Fosset, Angela Fosset, and Mona Fosset.
1956: Elephants Jimmy, Blackie and Monica (two males and a female)were sold to Fossett's Circus in Ireland. Teddy Fossett presented them and later his wife Herta Fossett or her father Otto Lordini.
1958: Herta presented Jimmy, Blackie and Monica on Circus Samerei Busch in Germany. They were later sold to Russia. Jimmy and Blackie, and one female elephant called Monica was sold to Russia. They included Banda and Shandra, who was also a female.
2024: Herta Fossett, born Herta Pohorsky in Lucan, Co. Dublin, died March 3rd, 2024 at home.

Children

Total: 5 children

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Herta Pohorsky in Ireland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3009. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Jim Clubb, UK
https://www.fossettscircus.com/our-story/
https://glenmore-history.com/tag/powell-clarke-circus/

Selected publications

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