Romeo (Canada, Selim)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Adam Forepaugh Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Romeo (Canada, Selim)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂

People killed:	7
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1872-06-05
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Adam Forepaugh Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1867-00-00	Adam Forepaugh Circus from Dan Rice Circus

1866-00-00	Dan Rice Circus from Franconies Hippodrome

	Franconies Hippodrome from Seth B. Howes

	Seth B. Howes from P. T. Barnum’s Grand Colossal Museum and Menagerie

1851-00-00	P. T. Barnum’s Grand Colossal Museum and Menagerie from Sands, Lent and Co American Circus

1849-00-00	Sands, Lent and Co American Circus 1849-00-00 from Raymond & Warings Menagerie, Museum and Circus United

1848-00-00	Raymond & Warings Menagerie, Museum and Circus United from Van Amburg Circus

Record history
History of updates	2012-01-12:

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

† Romeo (Canada, Selim) is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1872-06-05 at Adam Forepaugh Circus, in United States, .

Affiliated people

1: Stewart Craven (trainer from 1860 to 1864 )

Origin

Romeo (Canada, Selim) was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Killed 7 men:
The noted death-dealing elephant Romeo, who killed three keepers before being brought to this country, where he succeeded in killing four more.The life of Dan Rice, by Maria Ward Brown

Records about Romeo (Canada, Selim) from Bob Cline

1846 - Van Amburgh & Co. ( Called SELIM ) ( Stuart Thayers Annals of the American Circus 1793 to 1860, page 322 )
1847 - Van Amburgh & Co. ( called ROMEO ) ( Stuart Thayers Annals of the American Circus 1793 to 1860, page 323 )
1848 - Circus and Menagerie of June, Titus, and Co. ( Stuart Thayers Annals of the American Circus 1793 to 1860, pages 457 )
1949 - June , Titus, & Co. Circus and Menagerie Combined ( see Syracuse (NY) Daily Journal,
1851 to 1854 - Barnum's Asiatic Caravan ( Called Canada ) ( see Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, January 28, 1900, page 15 )

1854 - sold to Seth B. Howes

1859 - Mabie's Menagerie and Circus ( Stuart Thayers Annals of the American Circus 1793 to 1860, pages 542 )
1860 - Mabie's Circus and Menagerie ( Stuart Thayers Annals of the American Circus 1793 to 1860, pages 542 )
1861 to 1865 - E.F. & J. Mabie Circus ( Romeo & Juliet - 2 elephants )

1866 - Dan Rice's Interesting School of Educated Animals
1866 - Dan Rice's Mammoth Menagerie & North American Circus ( see The Daily Evening Star (NY), Sept. 20, 1866 )

1867 to 1872 - Adam Forepaugh
Died June 5, 1872 in Chicago, Ill. ( see Philadelphia Record, 1887 )
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Romeo (Canada, Selim), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Adam Forepaugh Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5381. (archived at the Wayback machine)