† Salt is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1952-10-05 at Ringlands Circus (Big Tom Fosset), in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as pneumonia.
Salt was born wild . and imported 1898? by Firma Carl Hagenbeck
1898: From import of India, the 4 elephants Salt, Sauce (later Jumbo), Vinegar and Mustard, were trained by Wilhelm Philadelphia, a number called "The Cruet", which was sold to England in 1902 and later presented as "Lockharts Elephants". 1938-10-11: Salt killed the 56 year old groom William James Aslett from Peterborough, employed 1938-09-26. Salt and Sauce were regularly promoted on Ringland's Circus (the circus owned by Dennis Fossett and formerly by his father, Tom) as being very old. One advert even has them around 90, so the exageration of the age is actually quite mild by comparison. The truth is Salt must have been in no more than in her early 50s when she died, as she and Sauce were clearly only babies when they first arrived in the UK in 1902 having been bought by George Lockhart Snr. Jamie Clubb Weblog
Salt and Sauce were regularly promoted on Ringland's Circus (the circus owned by Dennis Fossett and formerly by his father, Tom) as being very old. One advert even has them around 90, so the exageration of the age is actually quite mild by comparison. The truth is Salt must have been in no more than in her early 50s when she died, as she and Sauce were clearly only babies when they first arrived in the UK in 1902 having been bought by George Lockhart Snr.
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