Toug-Toulog (Toung-Taloung) at P. T. Barnums Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome
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| † Toug-Toulog (Toung-Taloung) | ||
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| Species: | Asian elephant | |
| Sex and age: | , unknown years | |
| Dead date: | † 1887-11-20 | |
| Death reason: | accident: in a fire at Bridgeport , CT. winter quarters | |
| Facility: | P. T. Barnums Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome | |
| Arrived | P. T. Barnums Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome 1885-00-00 from Barnum and London Circus Barnum and London Circus 1884-00-00 from London Zoo London Zoo 1884-00-00 from J. G. Gaylord J. G. Gaylord from King Thibaw Min of Burmah | |
| Born: | Burma (Myanmar) | |
 “Toung Taloung, the famous white elephant, which I brought from Burmah (sic), cost me $200,000. Like the public, I was greatly disappointed in him. He was as genuine a white elephant as ever existed, but, in fact, there was never such an animal known. The white spots are simply diseased blotches. My white elephant was burned to death at Bridgeport in November, 1887, and I can’t say that I grieved much over his loss.” P.T. Barnum, The Wild Beasts, Birds And Reptiles Of The World: The Story Of Their Capture "Toug-Toulog" the sacred white elephant was imported to the Barnum & London Show in 1884 and thus began the famous White Elephant War between Barnum and his rival Adam Forepaugh who simply painted an elephant white. Since Albino elephants are actually somewhat gray in color, Barnum's elephant was something of a disappointment whereas Forepaugh's (John) was as white as the driven snow, leading to charges and counter charges of fakery. Three years later "Toug-Toulog" and three other elephants were lost in a winter quarters fire in Bridgeport on Nov.20, 1887. "John" on the other hand, had a long career with the Forepaugh Show, 4-Paw-Sells, Ringling Bros., and Ringling-Barnum before his death at the Sarasota Quarters on Jan. 16, 1932." William Buckles Woodcock Records about Toug-Toulog (Toung-Taloung) was updated
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