Ghuni Sah (Ghunah Sah)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Wirth Circus in Australia

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Ghuni Sah (Ghunah Sah)  dead elephant

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀
Origin
Born:*
Birth place: in Myanmar unspecified location
Imported:1899 by Unknown
Death
Dead: 1906-03-10
Death location: Wirth Circus
Death reason: disease: poisoned, ate
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Wirth Circus, in Australia

Date of arrival

1899-00-00Wirth Circus
from Port of Rangoon

Port of Rangoon
from Myanmar unspecified location

Record history
History of updates2022-09-18

Latest document update2021-09-16 04:35:20
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† Ghuni Sah (Ghunah Sah) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1906-03-10 at Wirth Circus, in Australia, . Official death reason described as poisoned, ate .

Origin

Ghuni Sah (Ghunah Sah) was born at Myanmar unspecified location. and imported 1899 by Unknown


Comments / pictures

This elephant was obtained by Wirths around 1898/1900 and was billed as 'The Bucking Elephant'. She was purchased in Rangoon from a Scottish Timber Merchant (from interview with Phillip Wirth) . Her death date is unknown. She possibly died from eating superphosphate when Wirth's were touring Western Australia.
http://circuszooanimals.blogspot.com/2011/05/list-of-wirths-circus-elephants-to-date.html

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Ghuni Sah (Ghunah Sah), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wirth Circus in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7431. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories1906 deaths | Born in Myanmar | 1899 imports | Elephants from Wirth Circus | Australia | Asian elephants


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