Kassala
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Bullen\'s Circus in Australia

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Kassala  dead elephant

Alternative name: Gazala

Identification

ASMP nr29

Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 15 years old
Origin
Born:* 1945 wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead: 1960-12-21
Death location: Foster Victoria Australia
Death reason: food related: died after eating Hemlock, a poisonous green fern.
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Bullen\'s Circus, in Australia

Date of arrival

1957-12-30Bullen\'s Circus
from Auckland Zoo

1952-05-01Auckland Zoo
from Auckland Harbour

1952-00-00Auckland Harbour
from Port of Singapore

1952-00-00Port of Singapore
from Mayfields Kennels and Zoo (H.H. de Souza)

Record history
History of updates2012-09-23: corr prev loc, not singapore zoo

Latest document update2025-03-11 04:15:58

† Kassala is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1960-12-21 at Bullen\'s Circus, in Australia, . Official death reason described as died after eating Hemlock, a poisonous green fern..

Origin

Kassala was born wild 1945 at Asia unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

The third elephant to arrive at the zoo in 1952 from Singapore Zoo.

Kassala in Bullen\'s Circus

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kassala, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Bullen\'s Circus in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 13 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3409. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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