Topsy (elephant)
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topsy-elephant-162-16979065
title:
Topsy (elephant)
text:
Topsy was a female Asian elephant who was electrocuted at Coney Island, New York, in January 1903. Born in Southeast Asia around 1875, Topsy was secretly brought into the United States soon thereafter and added to the herd of performing elephants at the Forepaugh Circus, who fraudulently advertised her as the first elephant born in the United States. During her 25 years at Forepaugh, Topsy gained a reputation as a "bad" elephant and, after killing a spectator in 1902, was sold to Coney Island's
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Elephant electrocuted in 1903
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy_(elephant)
date created:
2003-09-21T01:39:03Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T02:50:48Z
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13
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