Minnie an Asian elephant at Carson and Barnes Circus

☨ ♀ Minnie

Identification

SSP nr	00

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ < 1, unknown age
Status:	Lost to follow-up
Origin
Born:	* 1948 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead date:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations
Present / last location:	Carson and Barnes Circus, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1973-01-31	Carson and Barnes Circus from Franklin Park Zoo Franklin Park Zoo 1953-06-11 from International Fertilizer and Chemical Company (Fred Zeehandelaar)

Document updated	2009-04-12:?New elephant 2009-04-15:?Text 2009-12-11: Previous locations, Text, Image 2018-06-21: forked into 2 elephants, this from Boston remains, another Minnie from Zeehandelaar moved to 11788 2018-06-21: assumed dead? 2018-10-16: filed as most likely dead in Mexico
Random literature

Description

† Minnie is a dead Lost to follow-up Female ♀ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Carson and Barnes Circus, in United States, of from unknown reasons in . (see detailed list).

Origin

Minnie was born wild 1948.

Comments / pictures

Minnie and Babe arrived together to Zoo New England from a private New York company owner in June 1953. In January 1973, they were again sold together to the Carson & Barnes Circus. Babe was "Lost to Followup" according to the North American Regional Studbook for the Asian Elephant, and this Minnie as well, since the studbook confused her with another Minnie, SSP nr 617.

Most likely dead in Mexico.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Minnie, an Asian elephant at Carson and Barnes Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 11 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2723. (archived at the Wayback machine)