Little Ruth
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Unknown in Unknown

Biography

☨ ♀ Little Ruth

Identification

SSP nr	462

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 1933 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Unknown, in Unknown

Date of arrival

1971-12-00	Unknown from Audubon Zoo

1966-12-26	Audubon Zoo from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1939-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Baldwin Park

1939-00-00	Baldwin Park from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

1933-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus from Sells-Floto Circus

1931-00-00	Sells-Floto Circus 1931-00-00 from John Robinson Circus

1928-00-00	John Robinson Circus from 101 Ranch Wild West

1927-00-00	101 Ranch Wild West from Benson Wild Animal Farm

Record history
History of updates	2009-11-23: corrected name from Big Wallace Ruth to Little Ruth 2020-11-06: Updated as lost to trace

Latest document update	2020-11-06 18:06:26

† Little Ruth is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Unknown, in Unknown, .

Origin

Little Ruth was born wild 1933.

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

named Big Ruth in SSP studbook, but the SSP location history list indicate this was the same elephant known as Little Ruth.

1926 Benson's Wild Animal Farm
1927 101 Ranch Wild West
1928-30 John Robinson Circ us
1931-32 Sells-Floto Circus
1933-38 Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
1939 Baldwin Park Qtrs.
1939-66 Ringling-Barnum Circus
1966 Retired to the New Orlans Zoo following the 1966 season.
William Buckles Woodcock

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Little Ruth, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Unknown in Unknown. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2293. (archived at the Wayback machine)