Bosco
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Pinders Circus in United Kingdom

Biography
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dead elephant ☨ ♂ Bosco  dead elephant
Bosco with George and Susie ord Pinder horses Prince and Amiere, for queen Victoria at Balmoral Castle by royal command on the 6th june 1899. © George Pinder
Bosco with George and Susie ord Pinder horses Prince and Amiere, for queen Victoria at Balmoral Castle by royal command on the 6th june 1899. © George Pinder

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 1923
Death reason: disease: died from eating poisoned grass in Dumfries, Scotland
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Pinders Circus, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1897-00-00Pinders Circus
from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Neue Pferdemarkt)

Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Neue Pferdemarkt)
from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
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This record may be a duplicate record with Bosco at Unknown

† Bosco is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1923 at Pinders Circus, in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as died from eating poisoned grass in Dumfries, Scotland.

Origin

Bosco was born wild .


Comments / pictures

Bosco came from Hagenbeck, in 1897 along with 2 ponies and a great dane dog, as an act. Bosco was owend by mrs Selina Pinder, widow of Edwin Pinder, who was a nephew of George & William founders of Pinders in 1854.
Bosco later passed to her son George Pinder worked him ,until 1912, when George died, after that his younger brother Edwin Pinder took over, and worked him until 1923 when Bosco died, at Dumfries, in Scotland.
George Pinder, 2010

Bosco in Pinders Circus

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Bosco, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Pinders Circus in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5127. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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