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Big Samson — Barnum & Bailey Circus | mahoot

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Big Samson

Barnum & Bailey Circus · United States

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Record completeness

6 of 15 key fields populated

40%

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Life history

Death reason: accident: fire at Bridgeport , CT. winter quarters
Origin: Wild-caught

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Barnum & Bailey Circus

United States · Camp

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Transfer history

Barnum & Bailey Circus

Sources

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

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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