Nella
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp in Indonesia

Biography

☨ ♀ Nella

Alternative name:	Nila

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 8 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2007-02-23 captive-born
Birth place:	in Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Lisa
Death
Dead:	†2015
Death reason:	poisoned: poisoning
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp, in Indonesia

Date of arrival

2007-02-23	Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp
Record history
History of updates	2009-12-06:

Latest document update	2025-11-26 11:13:13
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† Nella is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2015 at Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp, in Indonesia, . Official death reason described as poisoning.

Origin

Parentage

Parents of Nella are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Lisa (mother).

Comments / pictures

Sired by a wild bull

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Nella, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp in Indonesia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 May 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3562. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Litterature about Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp

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