Ringling Rosy
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Ringling Rosy

Alternative name:	Rose

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	*
Birth place:
Imported:	1923 by Firma Carl Hagenbeck
Death
Dead:	†1942-08-04
Death reason:	accident: died in Cleveland Menagerie Fire
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1923-11-10	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Bridgeport Harbor

	Bridgeport Harbor from Port of Hamburg

	Port of Hamburg from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Port of Hamburg

	Port of Hamburg from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2023-08-21: Name, text, source updated

Latest document update	2023-08-21 18:17:09

† Ringling Rosy is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1942-08-04 at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as died in Cleveland Menagerie Fire .

Origin

Ringling Rosy was born . and imported 1923 by Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Comments / pictures

Records about Ringling Rosy from Bob Cline

Rosy ( Ringling ) 1922 to 1938 - RBBB
Female Asian 1939 to 1941 - Al G. Barnes Circus winter quarters in Baldwin Park, CA.
1942 - returned to RBBB in Sarasota on Jan. 2, 1942
Died - Aug. 4, 1942 in Cleveland Menagerie Fire

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Records about Ringling Rosy from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
ROSE
1923-39 Ringling- Barnum
(Among the 9 RBBB elephants dropped off in Baldwin Park in 1939 when Walter McLain picked thru the cream of the H-W Herd adding 12.
1940- Among the 19 surplus Ringling elephants now in Venice, Calif.)
1941- Among the 12 surplus Ringling elephants now in Thousand Oaks, Calif. that was eventually shipped to Sarasota Jan.1, 1942.
1942- Ringling-Barnum
Died in Cleveland menagerie fire August 4.

This was a tough elephant, I have a newspaper clipping showing her wallering an elephant hand around with the Ringling Show.

William "Buckles" Woodcock

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Ringling Rosy, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12862. (archived at the Wayback machine)