Denny
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Circus Vargas in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Denny  dead elephant
The gentleman in the picture is Joe Orth. //Buckles
The gentleman in the picture is Joe Orth. //Buckles
Alternative name: Shirley
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 17 years old
Origin
Born:* 1963 wild
Birth place: in Thailand unspecified location
Imported:1963 by Murray Hill Enterprises
Death
Dead: †1980
Death location: Circus Vargas
Death reason: :
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Circus Vargas, in United States
Date of arrival
Circus Vargas
from Charlie Kelton
1971-00-00Charlie Kelton
from Remo & Irene Cristiani
1970-00-00Remo & Irene Cristiani
from Charlie Kelton
1966-00-00Charlie Kelton
from Murray Hill Enterprises
1963-00-00Murray Hill Enterprises
from Thailand unspecified location
Record history
History of updates2012-05-28
Latest document update2024-01-06 06:11:30
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† Denny is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1980 at Circus Vargas, in United States, .

Affiliated people

1: Murray Hill (owner from 1963 to 1966)

1: Joe Orth (trainer from 1963)


Origin

Denny was born wild 1963 at Thailand unspecified location. and imported 1963 by Murray Hill Enterprises


Comments / pictures

Imported by Murray Hill in early 1963 and sold to Charlie Kelton in 1966.


I originally imported her to sell. I advertised her and had all kinds of calls. Everyone was interested until I told them she was a bottle baby. I was stuck with her. The best thing that ever happened to me.

Denny was our first elephant in April of 1963. We knew nothing about elephants and hired several so called elephant trainers. We ended up with a man that had been a groom to Mac McDonald. His name was Joe Orth. Denise and I learned a lot from him and either of us could handle and work her.

We worked her as a single until 1966. When we decided to form a 3 act we used Denny as lead but she was much bigger than the other punks. We sold her in 1966 to Charlie Kelton of Wt. River.

Murray Hill Blogspot.


Records about Denny from Bob Cline

1969 - Owned By Mr. Kelton in Vermont
1970 - with Remo Cristiani
1971 - Owned By Mr. Kelton in Vermont
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".



To anyone still on this thread I can confirm that Shirley is indeed Denny.

circusnospin.blogspot.com
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Denny, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Circus Vargas in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12691. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories1980 deaths | 1963 births | Born in Thailand | 1963 imports | Elephants from Circus Vargas | United States | Asian elephants


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