Chandra
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Royal Hanneford Circus (Tommy Hanneford) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Chandra

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2002
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Royal Hanneford Circus (Tommy Hanneford), in United States

Date of arrival

1972-00-00	Royal Hanneford Circus (Tommy Hanneford) from Circus Bartok

1967-00-00	Circus Bartok from Hunt Brothers Circus

Record history
History of updates	2008-10-08

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

† Chandra is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2002 at Royal Hanneford Circus (Tommy Hanneford), in United States, .

Origin

Chandra was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Records about Chandra from Bob Cline

1948 - came to America from Mysore Palace or Bengalor Herd.
Trained by Louis Reed. then Roy Bush.
1949 to 1966 - Hunt Bros. Circus
1967 to 1971 - Circus Bartok
1972 to 2002 - Royal Hanneford Circus
Died - 2002 in South Carolina
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Chandra, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Royal Hanneford Circus (Tommy Hanneford) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4260. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants

Litterature about Royal Hanneford Circus (Tommy Hanneford)

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