Tilly
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Two Tails Ranch in United States

Biography

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☨ ♀ Tilly

Alternative name:	Arletta, Tillie, Chocolate

Identification

Local id Number	Kolmarden: 3430
SSP nr	250

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 50 years old

People killed:	1
Origin
Born:	* 1960 wild Warning: Undefined variable $elephant_birth_place in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/database2.php on line 1886
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†2010
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1985-11-24 (dead † 2022-11-00)	♂ Luke (Sabu) Warning: Undefined array key "dceraj_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 3 Warning: Undefined array key "asmp_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 5 Warning: Undefined array key "birth_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 10 Warning: Undefined array key "AERP_id" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 22 Warning: Undefined array key "asmp_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 26 Warning: Undefined array key "dcek_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 30 Warning: Undefined array key "dcema_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 34 Warning: Undefined array key "dcemk_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 38 Warning: Undefined array key "dcemtn_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 42 Warning: Undefined array key "dceraj_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 46 Warning: Undefined array key "dcesum_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 50 Warning: Undefined array key "dcemwb_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 54 Warning: Undefined array key "dswt_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 58 SSP id: 261 Warning: Undefined array key "oos_id" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 75 Warning: Undefined array key "sacarc_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 79 Warning: Undefined array key "saeza_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 83 Warning: Undefined array key "chip_id" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 88 Warning: Undefined array key "elephant_certificate_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 92 Warning: Undefined array key "owner_certificate_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 96
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Two Tails Ranch, in United States

Date of arrival

1993-08-01	Two Tails Ranch Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/database2.php on line 2325 from Lowry Park Zoo

1992-02-13	Lowry Park Zoo from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa)

1991-06-20	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) from Lowry Park Zoo

1986-10-13	Lowry Park Zoo from Roman Schmitt Busch Garden

1984-09-14	Roman Schmitt Busch Garden from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa)

	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) from Kolmarden Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2009-11-27: Previous locations, Management RE 2010-10-12: Mankiller RE 2011-03-27: death 2012-07-05: corrected arrival in Kolmarden 2018-05-09: changed arrival in Kolmarden from 1963 to 1965 2025-03-11: Born in Asia

Latest document update	2025-03-11 21:20:57
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† Tilly Warning: Undefined variable $scientific_name in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/database2.php on line 2601 is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2010 at Two Tails Ranch, in United States, .

Casualties

1 casualties

1993-07-10: elephant keeper Charlotte Torre fatal attack by Tilly. First she knocked Torre to the ground with her trunk. Then she kicked the fallen woman with the full force of her 9,500 pounds. Warning: Undefined variable $full_name in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/database2.php on line 3092 † Charlotte Torre Died 1993-07-10, Lowry Park Zoo.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

(M) 1985-11-24 -- † 2022-11-00 Luke (Sabu) Warning: Undefined array key "dceraj_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 3 Warning: Undefined array key "asmp_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 5 Warning: Undefined array key "birth_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 10 Warning: Undefined array key "AERP_id" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 22 Warning: Undefined array key "asmp_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 26 Warning: Undefined array key "dcek_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 30 Warning: Undefined array key "dcema_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 34 Warning: Undefined array key "dcemk_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 38 Warning: Undefined array key "dcemtn_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 42 Warning: Undefined array key "dceraj_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 46 Warning: Undefined array key "dcesum_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 50 Warning: Undefined array key "dcemwb_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 54 Warning: Undefined array key "dswt_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 58 SSP id: 261 Warning: Undefined array key "oos_id" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 75 Warning: Undefined array key "sacarc_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 79 Warning: Undefined array key "saeza_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 83 Warning: Undefined array key "chip_id" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 88 Warning: Undefined array key "elephant_certificate_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 92 Warning: Undefined array key "owner_certificate_nr" in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/inc/id.inc.php on line 96

Origin

Tilly was born wild 1960 at Asia unspecified location.

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Comments / pictures

Local ID nr in Kolmarden: 3430

Eventually imported (with the name Chocolate) to U.S.A. from Kolmarden, Sweden. Kolmorden sold Tilly due to agressivness, and several accidents involving elephant keepers.

Records about Tilly from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/"In 1980 someone in Circus World management had a San Diego Zoo connection and brought in Franz Tisch to take over the Elephants. Some time later, to the delight of the Zoo Officials, they unloaded two dangerous Elephants on Circus World, "Toomai" and "Chocolate". Realizing their mistake both were gotten rid of. "Toomai" to Jacobson and "Chocolate" to the Lowrey Park Zoo (another mistake).
//Buckles Woodcock"

William "Buckles" Woodcock

1993-07-10: Killed her 24-year-old elephant handler Charlotte "Char-Lee" Torre in Lowry Park Zoo, by pinning her to the ground and kicking her in the chest.

2000-09, Ringling was cited by the USDA for failing to provide veterinary care to an elephant named Tillie who had been diagnosed with TB

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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Tilly, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Two Tails Ranch in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 6 June 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1870. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Kolmarden Zoo records
Sven Mellgren, former head elephant keeper, Kolmarden
Patricia Zerbini
http://multimedia.tbo.com/multimedia/popup/MGA2AEHQU4D.html
http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2007/11/roman-schmitt-and.html?showComme
"Agency Won't Cite Zoo In Elephant Handler's Death," OrlandoSentinel.com, 1993-09-26

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