Jumbo Net Worth

Jumbo Net Worth is
$3 Million

Jumbo Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Jumbo (ca. Christmas 1860 – September 15, 1885) was the first international animal superstar, and the first African elephant to reach modern Europe alive. He was born in East Africa, and was captured there by Arabian hunters in early 1862. He was sold first to an Italian animal dealer, then to a menagerie in Germany, and then to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. Officials of the Jardin traded him to the London Zoological Gardens for a rhinoceros. Jumbo lived in the London Zoo about 16 years.Jumbo was the biggest elephant in captivity. American showman P. T. Barnum simply had to have this huge elephant in his circus. He bought Jumbo in 1882 for $10,000. Jumbo's sale fueled public outrage in Britain, and it drew the attention of people around the world. The British people objected to the sale and wrote letters to Queen Victoria urging that Jumbo remain in London. The courts ruled in Barnum's favor however, and the elephant was shipped to the United States. "Jumbomania", a fad for all things Jumbo, was born at this time. The civilized world was flooded with Jumbo neckties, jewelry, and other souvenirs.The elephant debuted in the United States on Easter Sunday 1882 in New York City at Madison Square Garden. He toured with Barnum's circus for three years. In September 1885, he was killed in a railway accident in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. His death was met with worldwide sorrow.Jumbo attracted as much attention after his death as he did in life. His hide was stuffed and his bones preserved. Both were displayed first with Barnum's circus, and then with museums. His hide was destroyed in a fire at Tufts University in 1975. His skeleton was displayed for many years in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. As time passed, people forgot who Jumbo was, and the skeleton was put away. Jumbo's greatest legacy is his name. In the English language, it means "huge" or, at least, "very large". 

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