Petunia (Pete, Pee Wee)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus) in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Petunia (Pete, Pee Wee)  dead elephant
Photo: © Richard Chiger
Photo: © Richard Chiger

Identification


Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 49 years old
Origin
Born:* 1950 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 1999-08-21
Death reason: disease: severe degenerative joint disease and arthritis
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus), in United States

Date of arrival

1952-00-00Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus)
Record history
History of updates2009-04-15: Import, Text

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Petunia (Pete, Pee Wee) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1999-08-21 at Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus), in United States, . Official death reason described as severe degenerative joint disease and arthritis.

Origin

Petunia (Pete, Pee Wee) was born wild 1950.


Comments / pictures

Pete worked under the top with set up and hauling cages after an incident with Sue. In a pyramid act she was one of the bottom two elephants.
On the 1983 season of Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus, Captain Fred Logan was in command of nine elephants and a three ring act - Pete, Sue, Helen, Maude, Konti, Ola, Bessie, Jewel and Frieda.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Petunia (Pete, Pee Wee), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2325. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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