Kamala an Asian elephant at Smithsonian National Zoological Park

♀ Kamala
Kamala. Calgary Zoo 03/2009. Photo: © Brent Van Hooft
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 46 years old
Id number	SSP Number: (145)
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1975-09-00 wild
Birth place:
Imported:	1976
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 1986-08-11 (dead † 2015-10-22)	♂ Calvin (Chanda) EEP id: 8612 SSP id: 147

2. Born 1990-07-14	♀ Maharani (Rani) SSP id: 307
Locations
Present / last location:	Smithsonian National Zoological Park, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2014-05-22	Smithsonian National Zoological Park from Calgary Zoo Calgary Zoo 1976-05-25 from Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo) Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo) 1976-00-00 from Pinnawala elephant orphanage Pinnawala elephant orphanage 1975-00-00 from Yala Ruhunu National Park

Document updated	2009-02-28: Text 2009-03-04: Image 2014-05-22: transfer 2018-10-05: link to EleWiki submitted
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Description

Location

Kamala is a Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Smithsonian National Zoological Park, in United States.

Kamala arrived in Smithsonian National Zoological Park 2014-05-22, relocated from Calgary Zoo, in Canada.

In Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Kamala lives together with 4 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

♀ Bozie born 1975
♀ Maharani (Rani) born 1990-07-14
♂ Spike (Ganesha) born 1981-07-02
♀ Swarna born 1975

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Offspring

(M) 1986-08-11 -- † 2015-10-22 Calvin (Chanda) EEP id: 8612 SSP id: 147
(F) 1990-07-14 Maharani (Rani) SSP id: 307

Origin

Kamala was born wild 1975-09-00. and imported 1976

Comments / pictures

Orphaned and brought to Pinnawela elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka. Kamala, Swarna and a bull who died in 1991, Bandara, all arrived at the Calgary Zoo in May 1976 from the Sri Lanka National Zoo.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Kamala, an Asian at Smithsonian National Zoological Park in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=437. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Brent Van Hooft, Elephant Keeper Calgary Zoo
Kathleen Hewitt, Calgary Zoo
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Kamala (Google Translated version)

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Kamala at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid

Link to translated version with Google Translate

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This document was updated: 2020-10-19 03:38:43