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

Biography

☨ ♀ Sally
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 ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Imported:	1947 by Circus Chipperfield
Freight:	by ship "Trevlor"
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	accident: result of a fire they had on the circus in 1979
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 18:37:35

† Sally is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Circus Chipperfield, in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as result of a fire they had on the circus in 1979.

Origin

Sally was born wild at Sri Lanka unspecified location. and imported 1947 by Circus Chipperfield, by ship "Trevlor"

Comments / pictures

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. Total purchases ended with seven medium-sized cows and a small cow named Sally.

Sally identified by a large bump in the middle of her forehead, considered extremely lucky. She became very sickly when first arriving in England, not eating and wasting way. Eventually recovered, becoming "smallest of the herd, the cheekiest and extremely jealous by nature."(Pamela Macgregor-Morris, Chipperfield's Circus)

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

1980-?: Sally and Lilia died from the result of a fire they had on the circus in 1979. They didn’t die the year it happened, but I think the year afterwards. Jim Clubb, UK

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Sally, 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=5694. (archived at the Wayback machine)