Debbie Wirth

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☨ Debbie Wirth

Profession	circus artist
Personal details
Born	1961?

Dead	1983


Spouse(s)	Douglas Quay

Residence
Country	Australia

Locations
Title	artist -1983
Location	at Ashtons Circus in Australia

Biography details

Debbie Wirth , circus artist in Australia

Wirth was born * 1961? dead 1983

Married to Douglas Quay born ? .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Abu (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties

1983: artist Debbie Wirth fatal attack by Abu. while she was rewarding the elephant after pulling a truck from a bog as the circus set up in Melbourne. Debbie Wirth † Debbie Wirth Died 1983

1983: Ashton’s elephant, Abu, killed Debbie Wirth by crushing her with her Trunk. Debbie was Abu’s second victim. Some sources describe her as "clown", other sources describe her as "her handler".

A young circus clown, Debbie Wirth, was also killed while she was rewarding the elephant after pulling a truck from a bog as the circus set up in Melbourne.

Newspaper reports later said Abu was trying to get bread from her pocket.

People later pleaded to the circus, including Debbie's parents and her fiancee, to let Abu go unpunished and stay performing, saying it was what Debbie would have wanted.

Debbie Wirth is mentioned on 1 elephant record pagesAbu,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). artist Debbie Wirth in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3492. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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