Suzie
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Mills Brothers Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Suzie

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 1961 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1962-05-30
Death reason:	accident: digestive failure
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Mills Brothers Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1962-04-00	Mills Brothers Circus
Record history
History of updates	2009-04-26: New elephant RE 2012-06-06: Name, Birth date, Death date, Cline RE 2013-12-21: Article RE

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

† Suzie is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1962-05-30 at Mills Brothers Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as digestive failure.

Origin

Suzie was born wild 1961.

Comments / pictures

By 1962 the Herd was Burma, Bunny, Lelabardi, Jennie and Una "Little Burma". They did acquire a young punk that year but it died after a short while. They say someone staked her out in a field of clover and her digestive system couldn't take it.
Jerry Jay, 2008-12-16

Records about Suzie from Bob Cline

Suzie, Female Asian
1962 - Bought by Mills Bros. Circus in April.
This was a baby.
Died - May 30, 1962 near Chicago after eating green clover for 2 days
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Article: "Lake Side Park Zoo - Judy" at ShowMe Elephants

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Suzie, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Mills Brothers Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4725. (archived at the Wayback machine)