Mutu
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Mutu  dead elephant

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀, unknown age
Status:confiscated
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1947-06-20Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
from Zoo Circus

1944-00-00Zoo Circus
from Circus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen

Record history
History of updates2023-04-29

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Mutu is a dead confiscated Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States, .

Origin

Mutu was born wild .


Comments / pictures

During world war II she was send, together with other elephants, with the circus to Malmoe in Sweden, in order to be protected from the war. But all elephants became confiscated by the swedish government, and sold to Ringling Bros Circus.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Mutu, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1991. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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