Carson & Barnes #7
Posted By thecircusblog on April 14, 2014
I don’t know this as being a fact, but I think at one time Carson and Barnes had the largest herd of elephants of any circus.
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I was helping with the long mount in 1977. This looks to be correct.
Hello Ivan,
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus carried 52 elephants on the show in 1955 with two more elephants on the advance unit.
In 1977, the Carson & Barnes Circus had 33 elephants on the show with 6 others leased to other shows. This made them the second largest herd in American Circus History.
The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in the 1930s carried 29 elephants a couple years making them the third largest herd of elephants.
Take care,
Bob