Deceased elephants at Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus) in United States

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This database list 12 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location	Import
1	+ ♀ LA Tanish SSP id: 121 19	Born: wild 1971 Dead:1990-10-00, unknown	1990-04-18 Winston Wildlife Safari
2	+ ♀ EM Konti 57	Born: wild 1942? Dead:1999-09-00 (20 years after arrival), unknown	1979-00-00 King Bros Cole Circus Combined 3 Ring Circus	1947
3	+ ♀ EM Petunia (Pete, Pee Wee) 49	Born: wild 1950 Dead:1999-08-21 (47 years after arrival), disease severe degenerative joint disease and arthritis	1952-00-00
4	+ ♀ EM Frieda 49	Born: wild Dead:1957 (10 years after arrival), age	1947-00-00 Cole Bros. Circus
5	+ ♀ EM Ola 40	Born: wild 1957 Dead:1997-03-00, anesthesia foot problem	King Brothers Circus
6	+ ♀ EM Conti 54	Born: wild 1945 Dead:1999-09-00, unknown
7	+ ♀ EM Sue 54	Born: wild Dead:1994, unknown	Trunks and Humps (Bill Swain)
8	+ ♀ EM Juna 54	Born: wild Dead:, unknown
9	+ ♀ EM Bon-Bon 54	Born: wild Dead:, unknown
10	+ ♀ EM Rajah 54	Born: wild Dead:, unknown
11	+ ♀ EM Oscar 54	Born: wild Dead:, unknown
12	+ ♀ EM Little Eva 54	Born: wild Dead:,

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus)

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Facts about Deceased elephants at Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus) in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2026), available online retrieved 15 May 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=461 (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Latest update	Name of elephant	Source (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2010-12-31	Sue:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • "Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant, The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71
2009-11-15	Ola:	• Ryan Easley, USA • "Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. 1983 #1 (From Joe Giordano)", Buckles Web Log, 2009-04-03 • "Beatty Cole," Circus Report No 12 Vol 25, 1997-04-14
2009-06-30	Konti:	• Buckles Weblog • Buckles Weblog • Ryan Easley, USA • "Tommy 1949", Buckles Web Log, 2008-01-24 • "King Bros.-Cristiani 1950", Buckles Web Log, 2008-05-19 • "Who's got the bulls on this show? #2", Buckles Web Log, 2005-09-25 • "Beatty-Cole Elephants in the 1970's #5", Buckles Web Log, 2006-09-22 • "Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. 1983 #1 (From Joe Giordano)", Buckles Web Log, 2009-04-03
2009-04-15	Petunia (Pete, Pee Wee):	• "Clyde Beatty Elephants 1954 #2", Buckles Web Log, 2008-05-03 • "Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. 1983 #1 (From Joe Giordano)", Buckles Web Log, 2009-04-03 • "Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus #9", Buckles Web Log, 2009-01-27 • "Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus #2", Buckles Web Log, 2009-01-27 • "Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus #3", Buckles Web Log, 2009-01-27 • "Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus #4", Buckles Web Log, 2009-01-27 • "From Joey Ratliff #6", Buckles Web Log, 2009-01-17

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This database list 12 dead elephants

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