Kamala
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Wellington Zoo in New Zealand

Biography

☨ ♀ Kamala

Identification

ASMP nr	32

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 52 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1931 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1983-06-13
Death reason:	disease
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Wellington Zoo, in New Zealand

Date of arrival

1953-07-06	Wellington Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2010-05-22

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

† Kamala is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1983-06-13 at Wellington Zoo, in New Zealand, . Official death reason described as colic.

Origin

Kamala was born wild 1931.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kamala, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wellington Zoo in New Zealand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3323. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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