Betty
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Sydney Zoo in Australia

Biography
This record may be a duplicate record with Betty at Sole Brothers Circus
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Betty  dead elephant



Identification

ASMP nr42

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀

People killed:1: 1960: William Walker
Origin
Born:* unknown
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 1963-05-28
Death reason: euthanised:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Sydney Zoo, in Australia

Date of arrival

1963-05-14Sydney Zoo
from Bullen's Circus

1960-00-00Bullen's Circus
from Sole Brothers Circus

Record history
History of updates2021-11-19

Latest document update2023-12-10 08:16:08
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This record may be a duplicate record with Betty at Sole Brothers Circus

† Betty is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1963-05-28 at Sydney Zoo, in Australia, .

Origin

Betty was born unknown .


Comments / pictures

Betty at the time with Soles was with two young cow babies , Ginny and Sheba. Betty killed William Walker, the nephew of Joe and Jean Perry at Kalangadoo in South Australia , she was given to Bullens.

1960:


Stan Walker's brother Bill was killed by an elephant when he was 32. He was working as a journalist for the Newcastle Sun and had gone down to South Australia to stay with the circus for 2 weeks holiday - he had worked for the circus on a number of occasions. He'd taken his camera with him and was planning to write a children's story about circus life. He went to see the elephant early one morning and it's thought it became excited at seeing him again. It picked Bill up in its Trunk and must have knocked his cheek hard (giving him a "welcoming hug"). A piece of fragmented bone pierced his brain. The elephant laid him gently on the ground and that was how Jean found him. There wasn't a mark on him apart from a slight bruise on his cheek.


1963: Betty was sadly put down at Taronga Park Zoo , along side Doll Wirths old elephant , they were both put down at the same time (Ratcliffe)
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Betty, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Sydney Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5857. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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