Monte
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kit Carson Show in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Monte

Identification


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

People killed:	1: trainer James Hildebrandt
Origin
Born:	*
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1911-05-01
Death location:	Dixon, KS
Death reason:	killed: in Dixon, KS
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kit Carson Show, in United States

Date of arrival

1911-00-00	Kit Carson Show from William P. Hall Animal Farm

1911-00-00	William P. Hall Animal Farm from Howes Great London Circus (Mugivan and Bowers)

1907-00-00	Howes Great London Circus (Mugivan and Bowers) from Carl Hagenbecks Wild Animal Circus

1906-00-00	Carl Hagenbecks Wild Animal Circus from Hagenbeck Animal Show at St. Louis Worlds Fair

1904-00-00	Hagenbeck Animal Show at St. Louis Worlds Fair from New York Harbour

1904-00-00	New York Harbour 1904-00-00 from Port of Hamburg

1904-03-00	Port of Hamburg from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2012-04-22: new record 2018-05-16: death victim, death location

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

† Monte is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1911-05-01 at Kit Carson Show, in United States, . Official death reason described as in Dixon, KS.

Casualties

1 casualties

1910-04-28: elephant trainer James Hildebrandt fatal attack by Monte. Hildebrandt, aged forty-five, of Lancaster, Mo., elephant trainer with the Kit Carson Buffalo Ranch Wild West Show, was killed while endeavoring to put "Monte," the show's smallest elephant, into a car on that day. † James Hildebrandt Died 1910-04-28

Origin

Monte was born .

Comments / pictures

Records about Monte from Bob Cline

MONTE
Male Asian 1906 - Carl Hagenbeck Wild Animal Shows
1906 sold to Ben Wallace who then sold him to Mugivan & Bowers.
1907 to 1911 - Howe's Great London Circus
Becomes Wm.P. Hall property
1911 - Kit Carson & Buffalo Ranch Wild West Show ( Killed his trainer James Hildebrandt )
Died May 1, 1911 in Dixon, KS. ( destroyed per Wm. Hall )

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

1910: A wire from Dixon, Mo., under date of April 28, states that James Hilderbrand, aged forty-five, of Lancaster, Mo., elephant trainer with the Kit Carson Buffalo Ranch Wild West Show, while endeavoring to put "Monte," the show's smallest elephant, into a car on that day, was killed by the animal.
New York clippings 1910

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Monte, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kit Carson Show in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 February 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6185. (archived at the Wayback machine)