Tillie (Queen) an Asian elephant at Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus

☨ ♀ Tillie (Queen)

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	*
Birth place:
Death
Dead date:	† 1941-11-06
Death reason:	disease: poisoning
Locations
Present / last location:	Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1939-00-00	Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus from Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus 1938-00-00 from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus 1935-00-00 from Sells-Floto Circus Sells-Floto Circus 1932-00-00 from Sparks Circus Sparks Circus 1914-00-00 from Augustus J. Jones Circus

Document updated	2012-10-02:
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Description

† Tillie (Queen) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, in United States, of disease in 1941-11-06. Official death reason described as poisoning. (see detailed list).

Origin

Tillie (Queen) was born .

Comments / pictures

Died in Atlanta poisoning - Nov. 1941

Records about Tillie (Queen) from Bob Cline
QUEEN ( Sparks ) / TILLIE 1911 to 1912 - W.H. Coulter Shows
Female Asian 1913 - J. Augusta Jones
1914 to 1931 - Sparks Circus
1932 - Sells-Floto Circus
1935 - Renamed TILLIE
1935 to 1938 - RBBB
1938 - Al G. Barnes / Sells-Floto Circus after RBBB closed in June
1939 to 1941 - RBBB
Died in Atlanta poisoning - Nov. 1941

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Tillie (Queen), an Asian elephant at Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12857. (archived at the Wayback machine)