Betty
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
AEPIF-ARC (Murray Hill-Arlan Seidon) in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Betty  dead elephant



Identification

SSP nr701

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 44 years old

People killed:1
Origin
Born:* 1963 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 2007-02-09
Death reason: disease: stroke
Locations - owners
Present / last location:AEPIF-ARC (Murray Hill-Arlan Seidon), in United States

Date of arrival

1999-10-15AEPIF-ARC (Murray Hill-Arlan Seidon)
from Bobby Gibbs

Bobby Gibbs
from Clyde Brothers Circus (Donnie Johnson)

1980-00-00Clyde Brothers Circus (Donnie Johnson)
from Carson and Barnes Circus

Record history
History of updates2024-01-06

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Betty is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2007-02-09 at AEPIF-ARC (Murray Hill-Arlan Seidon), in United States, . Official death reason described as stroke.

Origin

Betty was born wild 1963.


Comments / pictures

1999-05-14: Shayne Gressett, a 23 year old Leonardo Circus employee was fatally injured by Betty


Contradictory records:

In the 2005 edition of the North American Region Studbook for the Asian Elephant, Betty #325 had the following information listed:
00 000 1969 - Born Wild Thailand
00 000 0000 - Capture
00 000 1972 - Hoxie Br
00 000 0000 - Hoxie Tuc
01 Nov 1986 - GC Circus
00 000 0000 - Hugo
15 Oct 1999 - Murray Hill

Those studbook entries are the result of a merge between two different elephants - Betty on the Carden show, and Betty that resided at Murray Hill's facility.

The correct information according to Ryan Easley is as follows:

Betty #701
00 000 1963 - Born Wild
00 000 1972 - Carson & Barnes Circus
00 000 1979 - Circus Girard
00 000 1980 - Donnie Johnson Elephants
00 000 1985 - Toby Tyler Circus
15 Oct 1994 - Still with Donnie Johnson?
00 000 1999 - worked by Bobby Gibbs in Canada
00 Oct 1999 - Murray Hill Retirement Center
09 Feb 2007 - Dead, stroke

Betty #325
00 000 1969 - Born Wild
00 000 1972 - Hoxie Brothers Circus
00 000 1986 - George Carden Circus


In the 2014 edition of the North American Region Studbook for the Asian Elephant, Betty #701 has the following information listed:
Records about Betty from SSPNorth American Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Betty:

325 F ~ 1969 WILD WILD THAILAND ~ 1969 NONE Capture Betty
HOXIE BR ~ 1972 ________ Transfer
GC CIRCUS 1-Nov-86 ________ Transfer
DICKERSON 17-Mar-98 4800 Transfer
GC CIRCUS 23-Apr-98 BETTY Transfer
DICKERSON 26-Jan-99 4800 Transfer
GC CIRCUS 27-Jan-99 BETTY Transfer
DICKERSON 2-Dec-99 4800 Transfer
GC CIRCUS 27-Dec-99 BETTY Transfer
DICKERSON 10-Jun-00 4800 Transfer
GC CIRCUS 30-Jul-00 BETTY Transfer

Source: SSP studbook for Asian elephants online
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Betty, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at AEPIF-ARC (Murray Hill-Arlan Seidon) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1746. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories2007 deaths | 1963 births | Born in Thailand | Elephants from AEPIF-ARC (Murray Hill-Arlan Seidon) | United States | Mankillers | Asian elephants


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