Barney (Moton)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Cole Bros. Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Barney (Moton)


Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Cole Bros. Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1935-00-00	Cole Bros. Circus from Memphis Zoo

1926-00-00	Memphis Zoo from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

Record history
History of updates	2012-04-22:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Barney (Moton) is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Cole Bros. Circus, in United States, .

Origin

Barney (Moton) was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Records about Barney (Moton) from Bob Cline

MOTON / BARNEY
Male Asian 1926 - Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
1926 to 1935 - Memphis Zoo
1935 to 1937 - Cole Bros. Circus

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Records about Barney (Moton) from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
"There was a "Moton" with H-W in 1926 but was only with the show one season and was sold to a zoo. However he resurfaced in 1935 with the newly framed Cole Bros. Circus where his name was changed to "Barney".
Buckles

http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2009/01/from-bill-strong-1.html

William "Buckles" Woodcock

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Barney (Moton), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Cole Bros. Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 May 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2876. (archived at the Wayback machine)