Lechmey
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Boswell Circus in South Africa

Biography

☨ ♀ Lechmey

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Boswell Circus, in South Africa

Date of arrival

1955-00-00	Boswell Circus from Bertram Mills Circus

1934-12-18	Bertram Mills Circus from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2022-04-18

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Lechmey is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Boswell Circus, in South Africa, .

Origin

Lechmey was born unknown .

Comments / pictures

Records about Lechmey from Raffael de Ritis, Pescara, Italy
Originally from Burma.
1934: Arrived from Hagenbeck, Germany on December 18 1934
1934-1951: Trained by John Gindl, upon suggestion of Hagenbeck to Mills.
1951: Gosta Kruse took over the training in 1951.
1955: Lechmey, Hungoly and Kathol had been sold to Boswell's circus in South Africa
(Source: Bertram Mills, by David Jamieson, 1998.)

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Lechmey, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Boswell Circus in South Africa. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12870. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Bertram Mills, by David Jamieson, 1998.
Jim Clubb, UK
Raffael de Ritis, Pescara, Italy
Jim Stockley, South Africa

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