Dutch
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Woodcocks’s elephant act in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Dutch

Alternative name:	Dottie, Pepper, Champagne, Cleopatra, Popsicle

Identification

SSP nr	22

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 25 years old

People killed:	1
Origin
Born:	* 1964 wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1989
Death reason:	euthanised:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Woodcocks’s elephant act, in United States

Date of arrival

1985-05-03	Woodcocks’s elephant act from Chehaw Wild Animal Park

1978-05-19	Chehaw Wild Animal Park from J. C. Schulz Inc.

1977-05-24	J. C. Schulz Inc. from Beardsley Zoological Gardens

1969-00-00	Beardsley Zoological Gardens from Chateau Theatrical Animals, New York

Record history
History of updates	2011-01-02: Name, Previous locations, Birth, Death, Text, Merge RE 2012-05-28: Previous locations, Mankiller, Text RE 2025-03-15: alt name

Latest document update	2025-03-15 14:50:02

† Dutch is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1989 at Woodcocks’s elephant act, in United States, .

Affiliated people

1: William "Buckles" Woodcock (owner from 1985 to 1989)

Origin

Dutch was born wild 1964 at Asia unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

Records about Dutch from Bob Cline

Pepper/Dutch, Female Asian
1985 - Chewaw Zoo in Albany, Ga.
1985 to 1989 - Buckles Woodcock act
1989 - Died at Catskill Game Farm (Euthanized in the summer )
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Peggy, Toto and Dutch were presented by Buckles Woodcock at the Catskill Game Farm in Summer 1989.

Killed a keeper at the Beardsley Zoo in Connecticut, subsequently sold to animal dealer Jurgen Schulz.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Dutch, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Woodcocks’s elephant act in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 13 May 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1203. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
<a href="http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2010/03/to-karen-glenn.html" target="_blank">"To Karen Glenn," Buckles Web Log, 2010-03-11</a>

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