Relocated elephants from Memphis Zoo in United States

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Memphis Zoo had previously 10 elephants relocated to new location.
Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival
Departure		 Present locationImport
1 † ♂ LA - Hatari (Billy)
SSP id: 122
 dead: Born wild 1972 Dead: 1987, 15 yrs Reason: euthanised: 1974-04-19
1977-11-02		 Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm 1974
2 ♂ EM - Sneezy
SSP id: 160
 PC: Born wild 1973 1974-07-18
1977-07-29		 Tulsa Zoo
3 † ♀ LA - Hazel (Sapphire)
SSP id: 35
 dead: Born wild 1960 Dead: 1980-12-10, 20 yrs Reason: disease: infection associated, generalized viral; buried 1966-06-12
1974-03-14		 Knoxville Zoo
4 † ♀ LA - Mzuri (Buckles)
SSP id: 123
 dead: Born wild 1972 Dead: 1996-11, 24 yrs Reason: disease: infection associated; cardiovascular 1974-04-19
1977-11-03		 Waldo Wild Animal Retirement Village
5 † ♀ EM - Connie
SSP id: 713
 dead: Born wild 1958 Dead: 1980, 22 yrs Reason: unknown: 1961-06-01
1975-10-24		 Unknown
6 ♀ EM - Sookie (Sooky)
SSP id: 159
 PC: Born wild 1972 1974-07-18
1997-06-05		 Tulsa Zoo
7 † ♀ EM - Wallace Modoc (One-Eyed Modoc)
SSP id: 710 / T1031
 dead: Born wild Dead: 1975-07-00, ? yrs Reason: unknown: 1951-00-00
1963-00-00		 Buellton Wild Animal Park (Ted and Pat Derby)
8 † ♀ EM - Vera (Bingo)
SSP id: T2128
 dead: Born wild 1880 Dead: 1945-07-11, 65 yrs Reason: unknown: 1910-00-00
1926-00-00		 Arthur Brothers Circus
9 † ♀ EM - Margaret
SSP id: 708
 dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown: 1921-00-00
1926-00-00		 Circus Zoppe (Circo Zoppe)
10 † ♂ EM - Barney (Moton)
 dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown: 1926-00-00
1935-00-00		 Cole Bros. Circus


Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at Memphis Zoo

Reference list

Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from Memphis Zoo in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2026), available online retrieved 18 May 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=623 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:

Latest updateName of elephantSource (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2016-01-05 Wallace Modoc (One-Eyed Modoc):• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  Buckles Woodcock, Buckles WebLog
• Buckles Woodcock, Circus history message board
2012-05-29 Hatari (Billy):• Buckles Woodcock
2012-04-22 Barney (Moton):• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2009/01/from-bill-strong-1.html
•  Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965
• Buckles Weblog
2011-12-11 Margaret:• 2010, Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  Howes Great London Circus, Season of 1921 By Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 5, 1964, pp. 4-13.
•  Ryan Easley, USA
•  http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2010/08/1948-rbbb-set-1-6.html
2011-12-10 Connie:• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2010-12-10 Sookie (Sooky):• Ryan Easley, USA
2010-10-01 Vera (Bingo):• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  "Arthur Bros. Circus 1945 #2," Buckles Web Log, 2008-09-06
•  "Arthur Bros. Circus 1945 #4," Buckles Web Log, 2008-09-06
•  "Shirley Temple #3," Buckles Web Log, 2009-12-26
2009-10-09 Sneezy:• Ryan Easley, USA
• Tommy Realing
2008-12-25 Hazel (Sapphire):• Ryan Easley, USA

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