Benny (Dumbo)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Toluca Zoo in Mexico

dead elephant ☨ ♂ Benny (Dumbo)  dead elephant
Identification
SSP nr330
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 25 years old
Origin
Born:* 1991-12-19 captive-born
Birth place: in Roman Schmitt Busch Garden
Parents: ♂ Vance (Matt) x ♀ Josky (Patne)
Death
Dead: †2016-12-26
Death reason: unknown: kidney problem?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Toluca Zoo, in Mexico
Date of arrival
2002-00-00Toluca Zoo
from Circo Hermanos Vazquez
2000-04-01Circo Hermanos Vazquez
from Trunks and Humps (Bill Swain)
1999-00-00Trunks and Humps (Bill Swain)
from Circus Vargas
1996-00-00Circus Vargas
from Trunks and Humps (Bill Swain)
1992-11-00Trunks and Humps (Bill Swain)
from Roman Schmitt Busch Garden
1992-09-11Roman Schmitt Busch Garden 1992-09-11
from Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
1992-04-26Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
from Roman Schmitt Busch Garden
Record history
History of updates2009-01-01: Name, Text, Source
2009-03-01: Text
2009-03-29: Current location, Text
2009-03-31: Text
2009-04-29: Text, Image
2010-05-19: text
2016-12-29: dead
2018-03-16: death reason? removed picture of Ramos
Latest document update2020-11-03 10:51:42
Google map
Random literature
Biography

† Benny (Dumbo) is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2016-12-26 at Toluca Zoo, in Mexico, . Official death reason described as kidney problem?.

Origin

Benny (Dumbo) was born captive-born 1991-12-19 at Roman Schmitt Busch Garden.

Parentage

Parents of Benny (Dumbo) are: ♂ Vance (Matt) (father) and ♀ Josky (Patne) (mother).

Siblings through the father Vance (Matt):

  1. 1983-09-09(M) Big Boy
  2. 1983-11-23(F) Targa
  3. 1984-02-02(M) Smokey (Rhani, Ronnie)
  4. 1985-11-24(M) Luke (Sabu)
  5. 1987-01-22(M) Bo
  6. 1987-04-02 -- † 2006 (M) Ceasar
  7. 1987-10-10 -- † 2009-05-15 (M) Ned (Indy, India)
  8. 1988-01-16(M) Hank
  9. 1988-12-30(F) Angel
  10. 1989-07-21 -- † 1989-07-21 (M) stillborn
  11. 1989-08 -- † 1989-08 (M) stillborn
  12. 1990-04-13(F) Karnaudi
  13. 1991-01-06 -- † 1999-04-21 (F) Belle
  14. 1992-04-04(F) Tanya
  15. 1992-04-17 -- † 2006-01--31 (F) Maya (Sammi, Sami, Samuel R II)
  16. 1992-05-25(M) Tommy (Mickey)
  17. 1992-10-17 -- † 1992-10-17 (F) stillborn
  18. 1994-08-19 -- † 1998 (M) Kenny (Kenneth)
  19. 1994-10-29(F) Bonnie
  20. 1995-02-03 -- † 1999-07-26 (M) Benjamin
  21. 1995-02-19(F) Shirley
  22. 1996-01-01(F) Kelly Ann

Siblings through the mother Josky (Patne):

  1. 1984-00-00(F) Luna (Nancy)
  2. 1987-10-10 - † 2009-05-15 (M) Ned (Indy, India)
  3. 1995-02-03 - † 1999-07-26 (M) Benjamin
  4. 2002-05-21(M) P.T.

Pedigree

Benny (Dumbo)s ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Benny (Dumbo)

Sire (f):
Vance (Matt)

Born: 1963

Sire ff:


Born:
Sire fff:
Dame ffm:
Dame fm:


Born:
Sire fmf:
Dame fmm:

Dame m:
Josky (Patne)

Born: 1967

Sire mf:


Born:
Sire mff:
Dame mfm:
Dame mm:


Born:
Sire mmf:
Dame mmm:


Comments / pictures

Contrary to some reports, Benny was not castrated.
Benny was bought by the Vasquez Circus from Trunks & Humps for $40,000. He was smuggled from Texas to Mexico by the Mexican circus owner, who bribed Mexican customs officers with $4,500 to sneak the elephant across the border. He was confiscated from the circus in 2002 and transferred to the Toluca Zoo.


There were two enclosures for Asian elephants. In one was a pair, Ted, a tusked bull about 50 years old, and Bee, a female of about 60; in the other was a lone Tuskless bull, Ramos, about 50 years old. All three were donations from a Mexican circus, and had narrowly escaped being destroyed because they killed their trainer and another person. (I am not sure that the ages given above are correct, but that is what I was told.)
International Zoo News Vol. 47/1 (No. 298) January/February 2000
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Benny (Dumbo), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Toluca Zoo in Mexico. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 January 2022 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4256. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Links

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

Search more on the web for Benny (Dumbo)

(The name Benny (Dumbo) is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results)


Categories2016 deaths | 1991 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from Toluca Zoo | Mexico | Asian elephants


About this documentThis document was updated: 2020-11-03 10:51:42 with valid HTML5 Valid CSS


Elephant Encyclopedia and database
ELEPHANT
ENCYCLOPEDIA
Established 1995
ELEPHANT
DATABASE
Established 2006
Your ip: 54.224.117.125