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Kassala — Bullen\'s Circus | mahoot

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Kassala

Bullen\'s Circus · Australia

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Record completeness

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Life history

Born: 1945
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death reason: food related: died after eating Hemlock, a poisonous green fern.
Age (est.): ~15 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1957-12-30

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Bullen\'s Circus

Australia · Camp

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Transfer history

1957-12-30
Bullen\'s Circus
from Auckland Zoo
1952-05-01
Auckland Harbour
from Auckland Harbour
1952-00-00
Port of Singapore
from Port of Singapore
1952-00-00
Mayfields Kennels and Zoo (H.H. de Souza)
from Mayfields Kennels and Zoo (H.H. de Souza)

Sources

Steve Robinson, http://www.zoochat.com/24/elephants-australia-new-zealand-3022/index7.html#post320718
http://www.zoochat.com/24/elephants-australia-new-zealand-3022/index6.html#post34772
Gavan Donoghue, Australia, author of the book The Stratford Elephant Mystery, http://www.facebook.com/stratfordelephantmystery

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.