Hazel an Asian elephant at Franklin Park Zoo

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☨ ♀ Hazel

Identification

SSP nr	T2181

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 41 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1904 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead date:	† 1945-09-15
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations
Present / last location:	Franklin Park Zoo, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1939-00-00	Franklin Park Zoo from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus 1919-00-00 from Ringling Brothers Circus

Document updated	2009-01-14: New elephant RE 2009-01-14: Previous locations, Death, Text RE 2011-04-08: SSP, Text RE
Random literature

Description

† Hazel is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Franklin Park Zoo, in United States, of from unknown reasons in 1945-09-15. (see detailed list).

Origin

The North American Regional Studbook lists this elephant with a Temporary Studbook Number, lacking "supporting documentation to validate their identity."

Hazel was born wild 1904.

Comments / pictures

Hazel joined the combined shows in the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey merge in 1919. From 1936-38 she was left in the Peru, Indiana winter quarters before going to Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Massachusetts. //Bob Cline

Records about Hazel from Bob Cline
HAZEL Female Asian
Born - 1904
1911 to 1918 - Ringling Bros. Circus
1919 to 1935 - RBBB
1936 to 1938 - RBBB left in Peru, IND winter quarters
1939 to 1945 - Franklin Park Zoo in Boston
Died - Sept. 15, 1945

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Hazel, an Asian elephant at Franklin Park Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 11 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2996. (archived at the Wayback machine)