Major
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Major

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1987
Death reason:	euthanised:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm, in United States

Date of arrival

	Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Venice Quarters

	Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Venice Quarters from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)

1978-00-00	Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit) from Circus World (Polk City)

1975-01-01	Circus World (Polk City) from Lion Country Safari, Inc - Florida

Record history
History of updates	2023-02-25: Born in Asia

Latest document update	2023-02-25 06:28:38

† Major is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1987 at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm, in United States, .

Origin

Major was born wild at Asia unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

Records about Major from Bob Cline

Circus World in 1977 weighed 2,680 lbs. 6 years old.
1978 to 1979 - RBBB - Blue Unit
1987 - Ringling Retirement Farm - euthanized
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Records about Major from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
Major in Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm

Major in Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm

Major and William "Buckles"Woodcock. Photo: Gary Hill.

"I took delivery on both "Major" and "Vance" at Circus World on Jan.1, 1975. They came from Lion Country Safari in West Palm Beach and remained in my charge for the next five years." //Buckles Woodcock
http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2006/12/ringling-circus-world-1974-75-2.html

William "Buckles" Woodcock

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Major, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 February 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12700. (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
Wayne Jackson
William Buckles Woodcock, Ruskin, U.S.A.

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