Ruth
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Little Rock Zoological Gardens in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Ruth  dead elephant
Identification
SSP nr558
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 64 years old
Origin
Born:* 1913 wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead: †1977-08-27
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Little Rock Zoological Gardens, in United States
Date of arrival
1937-00-00Little Rock Zoological Gardens
from Schell Brothers Circus
1928-00-00Schell Brothers Circus
from Zellmar Brothers Circus
1926-00-00Zellmar Brothers Circus
from William P. Hall Animal Farm
Record history
History of updates0000-00-00
Latest document update2023-09-17 11:51:56
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† Ruth is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1977-08-27 at Little Rock Zoological Gardens, in United States, .

Origin

Ruth was born wild 1913 at Asia unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

Records about Ruth from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
Ruth in Little Rock Zoological GardensMilt Herriott with the Schell Bros. elephants owned by George Engesser in the early 1930s. I have four listed during this time period "Ruth", "Mary", "Patsy" and "Bolo" a young male.

William "Buckles" Woodcock


Contradictory records:

Bob Cline states:
Born - 1913 in the wild
1926 - Wm. P. Hall farm
1926 to 1928 - Zellmar Bros. Circus
1928 to 1937 - Schell Bros. Circus
1937 to 1977 - Little Rock Zoo
Died - Aug. 27, 1977

Buckles Woodcock states:
1925 Wm. P. Hall Animal Farm
1926-27 Zellmar Bros. Circus
1928-38 Schell Bros. Circus
1938-68 Little Rock, Ark. Zoo
(Died in Nov. of 1968)

Studbook states:
558 F ~ 1913 WILD WILD ASIA ???? NONE Capture Ruth
ZELLMAR C ~ 1927 ______ Transfer
SCHELL BR ~ 1932 ______ Transfer
ENGESSERS ???? ______ Transfer
LITTLEROC ~ 1937 167 Transfer
27-Aug-1977 Death
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Ruth, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Little Rock Zoological Gardens in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2283. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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