Kala
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Usti nad Labem Zoo in Czech Republic

Biography

☨ ♀ Kala
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Museum locations
Present / last location:	University of Jan Evangelista in Ústí nad Labem, in Czech Republic

Date of arrival

2021-12-00	University of Jan Evangelista in Ústí nad Labem, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic from Municipal Museum of Ústí nad Labem, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

Identification

EEP nr	8518

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 34 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1985 wild
Birth place:	in Vietnam unspecified location
Imported:	1985
Freight:	Air cargo
Death
Dead:	†2019-02-04
Death location:	Usti nad Labem Zoo
Death reason:	euthanised: collapsed
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Usti nad Labem Zoo, in Czech Republic

Date of arrival

1985-11-30	Usti nad Labem Zoo from Saigon Zoo (Ho Chi Minh Zoo)

	Saigon Zoo (Ho Chi Minh Zoo) from Vietnam unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2021-12-15

Latest document update	2020-04-03 18:43:32

† Kala is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2019-02-04 at Usti nad Labem Zoo, in Czech Republic, . Official death reason described as collapsed.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at University of Jan Evangelista in Ústí nad Labem, in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic, since 2021-12-00.

Origin

Kala was born wild 1985 at Vietnam unspecified location. and imported 1985, Air cargo

Comments / pictures

Kala was for some time the only elephant in Usti, and became highly dependant on her first keeper in Usti, Mr. Petr Korda

2000: Ultrasound examination of Kala: atrophic ovaries overgrown in a mass of fat tissue falling into abdominal, cystic degeneration of endometrial - by guess more than 500 cysts, further on cysts on vagina, the end of fertile period was discovered, what additionally confirmed also results of blood test.

2019-02-05: collapsed in the out enclosure during Monday, and was humanly euthased

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kala, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Usti nad Labem Zoo in Czech Republic. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1627. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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