Camella (Kamala)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Circus Chipperfield in United Kingdom

Biography

☨ ♀ Camella (Kamala)
South West India Docks, 1968: Four elephants returning from a Chipperfields Circus tour of South Africa. Left to Right: Sally, Lelia, Mary and Camella in the sling. HTTP code: 301 This image is inline deepink from an external server, inline linking does not directly infringe copyright but can be removed on request.

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 28 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1941 wild
Birth place:	in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Imported:	1947 by Circus Chipperfield
Freight:	by ship "Trevlor"
Death
Dead:	†1969
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Circus Chipperfield, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1947-03-03	Circus Chipperfield from Tilbury Docks

1947-03-03	Tilbury Docks from Port of Colombo

1947-00-00	Port of Colombo from Sri Lanka unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2024-03-08

Latest document update	2021-09-16 18:36:44

† Camella (Kamala) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1969 at Circus Chipperfield, in United Kingdom, .

Origin

Camella (Kamala) was born wild 1941 at Sri Lanka unspecified location. and imported 1947 by Circus Chipperfield, by ship "Trevlor"

Comments / pictures

The first elephant, a "very good one," was purchased from this circus. She was subsequently named Kamala after the show.

With the help of the owner of Kamala's Circus, Chipperfield toured outlying villages to find elephants and bargain for purchases. First elephant was purchased and named Kamala in respect. Mary and 5 year old Dahlia purchased next. Dahlia was still being trained by Mary, chained to her while working on a rubber plantation. (Pamela Macgregor-Morris, Chipperfield's Circus)

Another video describes Kamala as nine years old in September 1950. //Ryan Easley, 2011

1965-1968: On tour with Chipperfields Circus in South Africa.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Camella (Kamala), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Circus Chipperfield in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5693. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Pamela Macgregor-Morris, Chipperfield's Circus, published 1957
Jim Stockley, South Africa

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