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

Biography

☨ ♀ Kassala

Alternative name:	Gazala

Identification

ASMP nr	29

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

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

1952-05-01	Auckland Zoo from Auckland Harbour

1952-00-00	Auckland Harbour from Port of Singapore

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

Record history
History of updates	2012-09-23: corr prev loc, not singapore zoo

Latest document update	2025-03-11 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

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)