Hatari (Billy)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Hatari (Billy)

Identification

SSP nr	122

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 15 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1972 wild
Birth place:	in Africa unspecified location
Capture:	1973
Imported:	1974
Death
Dead:	†1987
Death reason:	euthanised:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm, in United States

Date of arrival

1984-00-00	Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm from Circus World (Polk City)

1980-00-00	Circus World (Polk City) from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)

1978-00-00	Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit) from Circus World (Polk City)

1977-11-02	Circus World (Polk City) from Memphis Zoo

1974-04-19	Memphis Zoo from International Animal Exchange (Ferndale)

Record history
History of updates	2008-12-24: History 2012-02-22: blue unit 2012-05-29: History RE 2024-04-01: Born in Africa

Latest document update	2024-04-01 13:33:11

† Hatari (Billy) is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1987 at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm, in United States, .

Origin

Hatari (Billy) was born wild 1972 at Africa unspecified location, captured 1973 . and imported 1974

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Hatari (Billy), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4381. (archived at the Wayback machine)