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Big Burma (Virginia) — Gran Circo Union | mahoot

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Big Burma (Virginia)

Gran Circo Union · Mexico

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Virginia and Bill Woodcock on Russel Bros. Circus

Record completeness

9 of 15 key fields populated

60%

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Life history

Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death reason: unknown:
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1965-00-00

At this facility

Gran Circo Union

Mexico · Camp

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Transfer history

1965-00-00
Gran Circo Union
from Mills Brothers Circus
1944-00-00
Spencer Huntley
from Spencer Huntley
1936-00-00
Bailey Brothers Circus
from Bailey Brothers Circus
1935-00-00
Atterbury Brothers Circus
from Atterbury Brothers Circus
1935-00-00
Russell Brothers Circus
from Russell Brothers Circus
1934-00-00
Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan)
from Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan)
1931-00-00
Gordon Brothers Circus
from Gordon Brothers Circus
1930-00-00
Coleman Circus
from Coleman Circus
1929-00-00
Sells-Floto Circus
from Sells-Floto Circus
1922-00-00
John Robinson Circus
from John Robinson Circus
1921-00-00
William P. Hall Animal Farm
from William P. Hall Animal Farm
1921-00-00
Firma Ruhe
from Firma Ruhe

Sources

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

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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