Davio Casartelli

From the list of elephant persons Family: Casartelli

Davio Casartelli

Profession	circus elephant trainer
Personal details
Born	1956

Residence
Country	Italy

Locations
Title	elephant trainer -1994
Location	at Circus Medrano-Casartelli in Italy

Biography details

Davio Casartelli , circus elephant trainer in Italy

Casartelli was born * 1956 , son of director Leonida Casartelli and artist Wally Togni .

1988: In 1988 Davio Casartelli with the elephantesses Tali, Batman and Kanaudy repeated Hannibal's crossing of the Alps. 800 km on foot, starting on March 30 from Perpignan in France to arrive in Turin on April 19, making a series of stages with a following of about 100 people. The arrival in Turin took place in the center, in Piazza Castello where a large crowd and the mayor of the city were waiting for them. It was a historic undertaking, which all the media talked about, within a charity marathon in favor of Research against leukemia, called "Ian Botham Hannibal Walk" after its inventor who wanted to re-propose the historic crossing. Documentaries, news reports and articles in print were made. In each city the expedition was awaited by fanfares in historical costumes and a cheering crowd. That charity marathon raised 31 billion lire.

Siblings

Siblings through the father Leonida Casartelli (1924 -- 1978):

Heros Casartelli Born 1949
Ghisi Casartelli Born 1944
Josette Casartelli Born 1947 Dead: † 1997-02-08
Liviana Casartelli Born 1960

Davio Casartellis ancestral Ahnentafel:
P	I	II	III
Davio Casartelli Born: 1956	Father: Leonida Casartelli Born: 1924 2025-07	Paternal Grandfather: Umberto Casartelli Born: 1893 2025-07	Paternal Great-grandfather: Pietro Casartelli
			Paternal Great-grandmother:
		Paternal Grandmother: Eleonora Gerardi Born: 1898 2025-07	Paternal Great-grandfather::
		Paternal Grandmother: Eleonora Gerardi Born: 1898 2025-07	Paternal Great-grandmother:
	Mother: Wally Togni Born: ? 2025-07	Maternal Grandfather: Ugo Togni Born: 1897 2025-07	Maternal Great-grandfather: Aristide Togni
		Maternal Grandfather: Ugo Togni Born: 1897 2025-07	Maternal Great-grandmother: Teresa De Bianchi
		Maternal Grandmother: Born: 2025-07	Maternal Great-grandfather:
		Maternal Grandmother: Born: 2025-07	Maternal Great-grandmother:

Davio Casartelli is mentioned on 1 location pagesCircus Medrano-Casartelli,

Davio Casartelli is mentioned on 3 elephant record pagesBatman, Kanaudy, Tali,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant trainer Davio Casartelli in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 11 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=962. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Siblings

Siblings through the father Leonida Casartelli (1924 -- 1978):

Davio Casartellis ancestral Ahnentafel:

References

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