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Nelly (Nellie) — Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Red Unit) | mahoot

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Nelly (Nellie)

Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Red Unit) · United States

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Nellie & Jack Ryan. Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus Winter Quarters 1972. Photo: © Jack Ryan

Record completeness

9 of 15 key fields populated

60%

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Life history

Born: 1942
Death reason: unknown:
Age (est.): ~50 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1968-11-00

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Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Red Unit)

United States · Camp

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Transfer history

1968-11-00
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Red Unit)
from Circus Williams

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