Kitty
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Omahas Henry Doorly Zoo in United States

☨ ♀ Kitty

Identification

SSP nr	741 / T1229

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 8 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1964 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1972-08-22
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Omahas Henry Doorly Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1972-07-00	Omahas Henry Doorly Zoo from Clyde Brothers Circus (Howard Suesz)

Record history
History of updates	2012-06-06:ï¿½New elephant RE 2016-01-05: SSP nr

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

† Kitty is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1972-08-22 at Omahas Henry Doorly Zoo, in United States, .

Origin

Kitty was born wild 1964.

Comments / pictures

Previous SSP number: T1229

Contradictory records:

SSP Studbook lists acquisition by Clyde Brothers Circus ~1969, arrival to Omaha 07/1972 and death 08/22/1972:

Records about Kitty from SSPNorth American Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Kitty:

741 F ~ 1961 WILD WILD ASIA ???? NONE Capture Kitty
CLYDE ~ 1969 ________ Transfer
OMAHA 1-Jul-72 1580 Transfer
22-Aug-72 Death

Source: SSP studbook for Asian elephants online

Records about Kitty from Bob Cline

Bob Cline lists acquisition by Clyde Brothers Circus 1965, retired to zoo in Iowa 1972.
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Kitty, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Omahas Henry Doorly Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 3 December 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12681. (archived at the Wayback machine)