Relocated elephants from Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan) in United States

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Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival Departure	Present location	Import
Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan) had previously 21 elephants relocated to new location.
1	† ♀ EM - Babe	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1949-00-00 1950-00-00	Wild Adventures	1946-11-02
2	† ♀ EM - Carrie	dead: Born wild 1938 Dead: 1996-06-12, 58 yrs Reason: age: natural causes	1949-00-00 1950-00-00	Wild Adventures	1946-11-02
3	† ♀ EM - Shirley	dead: Born wild 1944? Dead: 2021-02-02, 77 yrs Reason: age:	1949-00-00 1950-00-00	Wild Adventures	1946-11-02
4	† ♀ EM - Christy	dead: Born wild Dead: 1961, ? yrs Reason: disease: pneumonia	1949-00-00 1950-00-00	Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus International (South America Tour)	1946-11-02
5	† ♀ EM - Modoc	dead: Born wild Dead: 1966-07-29, ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1938-00-00 1939-00-00	Circo Bell	1937
6	† ♀ EM - Empress	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1938-00-00 1939-00-00	Terrell Jacobs Circus	1937
7	† ♀ EM - Baby Boo (Baby Baraboo) SSP id: 491	dead: Born captive-born 1900 Dead: 1939, 39 yrs Reason: euthanised: aggressive	1903-00-00 1920-00-00	San Diego Zoo	1902
8	† ♀ EM - Ding (DIng-Dong)	dead: Born wild Dead: 1940-02-21, ? yrs Reason: accident: fire	1927-00-00 1927-00-00	Cole Brothers Circus	1893
9	† ♀ EM - Margaret	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1925-00-00 1931-00-00	Gran Circo Union
10	† ♀ EM - Mabel	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1927-00-00 1932-00-00	Gran Circo Union
11	† ♀ EM - Big Jenny (Jennie)	dead: Born wild Dead: 1976 or 1972, ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1925-00-00 1932-02-06	Pink Elephants (Paul Kelly)
12	† ♀ EM - Trilby SSP id: T2306	dead: Born wild 1920 Dead: 1952, 32 yrs Reason: unknown:	1924-00-00 1931-04-28	Kelly Morris Circus
13	† ♀ EM - Ena	dead: Born wild Dead: 1952, ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1923-00-00 1931-00-00	Bell Brothers Circus (USA)
14	† ♀ EM - Katie (Little Katie)	dead: Born wild Dead: 1940-02-21, ? yrs Reason: accident: fire	1925-00-00 1932-00-00	Cole Brothers Circus
15	† ♀ EM - Eva	dead: Born wild Dead: 1937-06-13, ? yrs Reason: : after eating a pair of shoes	1931-04-28	Barnett Brothers Circus (Wallace Brothers Circus)
16	† ♀ EM - Little Babe	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:		Cole Brothers Circus
17	† ♀ EM - Blanche	dead: Born wild 1895 Dead: 1965, 70 yrs Reason: age:	1960-00-00 1931-00-00	Elephant Encounters (Bill Morris)
18	† ♀ EM - Big Burma (Virginia)	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1965-00-00 1934-00-00	Gran Circo Union
19	† ♀ EM - Vera (Bingo) SSP id: T2128	dead: Born wild 1880 Dead: 1945-07-11, 65 yrs Reason: unknown:	1926-00-00 1932-00-00	Arthur Brothers Circus
20	† ♀ EM - Columbia (Victoria)	dead: Born wild Dead: 1933, ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1924-00-00 1932-00-00	William P. Hall Animal Farm
21	† ♀ EM - Miss Jim SSP id: 561	dead: Born wild 1878 Dead: 1948-10-01, 70 yrs Reason: unknown:		St Louis Zoo

Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan)

Reference list

Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan) in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 22 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=674 (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)
2021-02-03	Shirley:	• Elisabeth (Green) Dane, Concord, NH • Billboard 9 nov 1946 • Ryan Easley, USA • https://www.wildadventures.com/Media-Room/Shirley
2020-10-18	Babe:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2020-10-18	Carrie:	• 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
2018-10-31	Christy:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • César Ortega, La Plata, Argentina • Vickie Cristiani
2018-05-10	Ding (DIng-Dong):	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • The Ringling Elephants 1888-1967, Bandwagon • Circus Historical Society (CHS), http://www.circushistory.org • A History of the Cole Bros. Circus 1935-40 by Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965, pp. 4-8., href="https://classic.circushistory.org/bandwagon/bw-1965Sep.htm
2016-04-21	Miss Jim:	• Jim Alexander, https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8897242&postID=5323285380364547567
2012-10-31	Columbia (Victoria):	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2012-04-17	Blanche:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • Kelly Weaver • A History of the Cole Bros. Circus 1935-40 by Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965, pp. 4-8. • Cole Bros. Circus- Janesville,WI (7/19/45) #3, Buckles Web Log, 2007-02-05 • William P. Hall #9, Buckles Web Log, 2007-06-25 • Cole Bros. Circus 1946 #2, Buckles Web Log, 2008-03-13 • http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2009/11/to-erik-jaeger.html
2010-11-23	Baby Boo (Baby Baraboo):	• In 1937, the Cole Bros. Circus gave the Zoo two female elephants: Tommy and the infamous Boo. Soon tiring of Boo’s homicidal tendencies, Wegeforth had her executed.
2010-10-01	Big Burma (Virginia):	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • Burma, a Four-Legged Debutante, By Harry M. Simpson. Bandwagon, Vol. 4, July, 1956, pp. 8-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=wB8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59&dq=new+orleans+zoo+elephant&hl=en&ei=MyOmTOqXLsH-8Aaf3ozNAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQuwUwADgy#v=onepage&q=new%20orleans%20zoo%20elephant&f=false
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
2010-09-26	Margaret:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2010-09-26	Mabel:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2007/09/tex-carson-circus-1.html
2010-09-25	Katie (Little Katie):	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • A History of the Cole Bros. Circus 1935-40 by Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965, pp. 4-8.
2010-09-25	Big Jenny (Jennie):	• * Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • Buckles Web Log, Cole Bros. Circus- Johnstown, Pa. 1945 #1 • A History of the Cole Bros.
2010-09-25	Trilby:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2010-05-12	Eva:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2010-04-26	Modoc:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • https://classic.circushistory.org/Bandwagon/bw-1966May.htm
2010-04-26	Empress:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • https://classic.circushistory.org/Bandwagon/bw-1966May.htm
2009-01-12	Ena:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2007-07-18	Little Babe:	• A History of the Cole Bros. Circus 1935-40 by Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965, pp. 4-8.

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Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan) had previously 21 elephants relocated to new location.

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