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Chieftain (Big Chief) — Adam Forepaugh Circus | mahoot

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LivingSri Lankan elephantCamp

Chieftain (Big Chief)

Adam Forepaugh Circus · United States

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Life history

Born: 1870
Birth place: in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death reason: killed: by strangulation, choked to death by two elephants Basil and Bismark
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1886-00-00

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Adam Forepaugh Circus

United States · Camp

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Transfer history

1886-00-00
Adam Forepaugh Circus
from Barnum and London Circus
1881-00-00
Cooper and Bailey Circus
from Cooper and Bailey Circus
1878-00-00
Howes Great London Circus, Hippodrome, and Sangers English Menagerie
from Howes Great London Circus, Hippodrome, and Sangers English Menagerie
1871-07-23
Hudson River Railroad horse stables
from Hudson River Railroad horse stables
1871-07-22
New York Harbour
from New York Harbour
1871-07-22
Port of Colombo
from Port of Colombo
1871-00-00
Elbert Howes
from Elbert Howes
1870-00-00
Sri Lanka unspecified location
from Sri Lanka unspecified location

Sources

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
Buckles Weblog

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.