39 circus locations has kept elephants in United Kingdom
There is presently 0 (0,0) living elephants in circus locations in United Kingdom (in this database)
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| Location holdings: | 39 circus locations has kept 46 elephants in United Kingdom
(Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
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| Elephants in circus locations | 0 (0,0) living | 46 (10,33) dead |
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Sex ratio and
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| Male | 0 / 0 | | 0% | | Female | 0 / 0 | | 0% | | Free contact | 0 / 0 | | 0% | | Protected contact | 0 / 0 | | 0% | | No contact | 0 / 0 | | 0% | | Unknown contact | 0 / 0 | | 0% | | wild | 0 / 0 | | 0% |
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Elephants arriving England from 13th to 18th century
At least eleven elephants arrived in Britain during the reigns of Queen Anne and Georges I and II; some of them died soon after arrival.
There is some confusion, as to weather the Wilkins and the Berkeley elephant is the same individual. Also, a third elephant is mentioned in this time period, which may be identical; In his Memorialls, the presbyterian minister, Robert Law, recorded the wonder of seeing a ‘bonnie’ elephant in Glasgow in January, 1681:
"Anno 1680, came an elephant to Brittain, bought by the English merchants at 2000 lib. Sterling, and was sent through the island for sight to gain money; never was there any elephant seen in Scotland before, and it was brought to Glasgow, January 1681, and was seen by many; it was then eleven years old."
Robert Law
1st of August 1683 a female elephant arrived London from from the Indies (lost to trace) and later a male elephant was offered for sale at Mr Thomas Collies Brewer in Lime-House.
Sources
* Menagerie: The History of Exotic Animals in England By Caroline Grigson (ISBN B018ZK17T4)
*https://drmarkjardine.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/the-first-elephant-in-scotland-1681/
*Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, EEG: Haufellner, Kurt, Schilfarth, Schweiger
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| Name | Elephant collection | Type | Place | District | Province | State | Region |
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Atkins Menagerie
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Austen Brothers Circus
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Austen Cottle Circus
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Barretts Canadian Circus (George Barrett)
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Battys Traveling Menagerie (Battys Hippodrome, Astleys Amphitheatre)
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 1 deaths | circus | London | | | | |
Bertram Mills Circus
Kept totally 12 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 12 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | London | | | | |
Billy Smart Circus (William Smart Circus)
Kept totally 16 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 16 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | Maidenhead | Berkshire | | | |
Billy Wilson Smart
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 2 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Bobby Roberts Super Circus
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 5 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Bostock & Wombwells Menagerie (Wombwell No.2 menagerie)
Kept totally 7 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 5 relocated | 2 deaths | circus | Glasgow | | | | |
British Empire Wembley Exhibition
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 1 deaths | circus | Wembley, Middlesex | | | | |
Burr Robbins Circus
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 5 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Chapmans London Zoo Circus
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | London | | | | |
Circus Chipperfield
Kept totally 37 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 31 relocated | 6 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circus Hoffman
Kept totally 11 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 9 relocated | 2 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circus Rosaire
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 1 deaths | circus | Billericay | | | | Essex |
Codys Circus (Harry Cody)
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Fossetts Grand Circus
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Frank Bostock Circus
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
George Lockhart Sr.
Kept totally 9 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 7 relocated | 2 deaths | circus | Brighton | | | | |
George Wombwells Travelling Menagerie
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 3 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Gerry Cottles Circus
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 5 relocated | 1 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Grand American Circus (J. W. Myers)
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Herbert Taylor (captain Joe Taylor)
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 2 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Little Tom Fossett's Circus
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | Wales |
Lord George Sanger Circus (Circus Sanger)
Kept totally 7 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 4 deaths | circus | Margate
(map) | | | | |
Mary Chipperfield
Kept totally 12 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 10 relocated | 2 deaths | circus | Chilworth | | | | |
Pinders Circus
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Richard Chipperfield
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | Oxfordshire | | | | |
Ringlands Circus (Big Tom Fosset)
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 2 deaths | circus | Arden | | | | |
Robert Brothers Circus
Kept totally 10 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 7 relocated | 3 deaths | circus | Peterborough
(map) | | | | |
Robert Brothers famous circus
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Samuel Lockhart
Kept totally 8 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 7 relocated | 1 deaths | circus | Leamington | | | | |
Sedgwicks Menagerie
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Sir Robert Fossetts Circus
Kept totally 9 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 7 relocated | 2 deaths | circus | Northampton | | | | |
The Royal Hanneford Canadian Circus
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Tom Arnolds Christmas Circus
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | circus | Green Lanes, Harringay | | | | |
William Cooke
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
William Orford
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
