Icky
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Circus World (Polk City) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Icky

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus maximus
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1979
Death location:	Circus World (Polk City) Ringling farm, Circus World, Polk City.
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Circus World (Polk City), in United States

Date of arrival

	Circus World (Polk City) from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1947-06-20	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Zoo Circus

1944-00-00	Zoo Circus from Circus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen

	Circus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen from Port of Hamburg

	Port of Hamburg from Circus Krone

	Circus Krone from Port of Hamburg

	Port of Hamburg from Port of Colombo

	Port of Colombo from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

	Firma Carl Hagenbeck from Sri Lanka unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2009-08-14:

Latest document update	2021-11-04 16:08:42

† Icky is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1979 at Circus World (Polk City), in United States, .

Origin

Icky was born wild at Sri Lanka unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

During world war II she was send, together with other elephants, with the circus to Malmoe in Sweden, in order to be protected from the war. But all elephants became confiscated by the swedish government, and sold to Ringling Bros Circus.

Records about Icky from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
"Marcella" and "Icky" the last two elephants remaining from the '49 Herd both died at the Ringling Park.
"Marcella" was delivered to me 2/3/77 from the Blue Show and she died of old age 7/12/77. She was originally purchased in 1922 when the Ringling Show still wintered in Bridgeport.
The next year I took my Herd on the Blue Show and "Icky" was included in Axel's Herd that replaced us. She died at the park in 1979.
William "Buckles" Woodcock

Records about Icky from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
Icky was the donor of the first Trunk disection, done by Dr. Jeheskel Shoshani

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Icky, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Circus World (Polk City) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 April 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1990. (archived at the Wayback machine)