Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit) in United States

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Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit)
Type	circus
Last elephant left	2015
Closed down	2015
Region	Florida
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner	-2017: Kenneth Feld

Zoological department
Animal trainers
1988-1988: John Herriot 1988-1988: Cindy Wells

Elephant department

Elephant Superintendent	1988-1988: Roy Wells

Record history
History of updates	2021-12-21

Latest document update	2021-12-21 14:58:04

Description

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit), United States . The last elephant left in 2015. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit) closed down in 2015.

Specified info for Ringling locationsRingling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1919-2017, shortened RBBB, or Ringlings today, was a 1919 merge between Ringling Brothers Circus (1884 - 1918) and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1888 - 1918). Elephants owned, residing and performing with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus can be found at several different locations, which have been divided up for clarification of record keeping and to give a better idea of herd identifications. They include:

Comments / picturesElephants owned, residing and performing with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus can be found at several different locations, which have been divided up for clarification of record keeping and to give a better idea of Herd identifications. They include:
- Ringling Brothers Circus (1884 - 1918)
- Barnum & Bailey Circus (1888 - 1918)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 1968)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit (1969 - present)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Red Unit (1969 - present)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Gold Unit (1988 - present)
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus European Tour (1963 - 1964)
- Circus World at Polk City (1974 - 1984
- Ringling Retirement Farm at Williston (1984 - 2010)
- Ringling Brother\'s Center for Elephant Conservation (1995 - present)

Records about Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit) from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
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Ringling Brothers and <a href='location2.php?location_id=465' title='Barnum & Bailey Circus'>Barnum & Bailey Circus</a>
(Gold Unit) in United States United+States

Bound for Japan 1989!
1. Tommy (Male) 2. Minnie 3. Mysore (John Cuneo) 4. Bombay 5. Delhi 6. Tessie 7. Joyce 8. Billie 9. Misty 10. Queen 11. Tyke (African) 12. Jackie (African) 13. Dumbo 14. Maude 15. Rani (Gary Thomas) 16. Tony (Male)
William "Buckles" Woodcock

Ted Svartesky kept temporarily nine Ringling elephants at the Venice Winter Quarters until moving to his new property at Williston in 1985.

References for records about Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Gold Unit), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2380. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2018/01/18-rb-gold-unit.html

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