Kala
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Firma Ruhe in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Kala

Identification

EEP nr	3514

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 1935 wild
Birth place:
Imported:	1938? by Firma Carl Hagenbeck
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Firma Ruhe, in Germany

Date of arrival

1947-12-16	Firma Ruhe from Frankfurt Zoo

1938-05-12	Frankfurt Zoo from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

1938-00-00	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2023-11-21

Latest document update	2021-09-18 17:30:28
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† Kala is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Firma Ruhe, in Germany, .

Origin

Kala was born wild 1935. and imported 1938? by Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Comments / pictures

Records about Kala from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Kala:

3514 F ~ 1935 WILD WILD BURMA ~ 1935 NONE Birth KALA
HAMBURG ~ 1938 NONE Transfer
FRANKFURT 12 May 1938 22311 Transfer
L RUHE 16 Dec 1947 NONE ltf Transfer

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kala, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Firma Ruhe in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1374. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
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