Relocated elephants from Port of Calcutta in India


Port of Calcutta had previously 19 elephants relocated to new location.

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival
Departure
Present locationImport
1 † ♀ EM - Khali
dead: Born wild 1976 Dead: 1995, 19 yrs Reason: disease: tuberculosis
1979-12-29
Budapest Zoo 1979
2 † ♂ EM - Arun
dead: Born wild 1976 Dead: 1997-08-00, 21 yrs Reason: anesthesia: tooth infection and misguided anesthesia
1979-12-29
Budapest Zoo 1979
3 † ♀ EM - Schöpfi
EEP id: 6004
dead: Born wild 1958 Dead: 2010-02-03, 52 yrs Reason: disease: foot problem, osteomyelitis
1960-00-00
Dresden Zoo 1960
4 † ♂ EM - Tommy (Jumbo)
dead: Born 1849? Dead: 1858, 9 yrs Reason: disease: chill after a cold rainy night
Gepps Cross Hotel (Mr Matthews) 1851
5 † ♀ EM - Sarah (Jenny Lind)
dead: Born Dead: 1868-03-00, ? yrs Reason: unknown:
New Zealand unspecified location 1851
6 † ♂ EM - Siam
dead: Born wild Dead: 1845-1846, ? yrs Reason: unknown: Died in winterquarters in Zanesville 1832-00-00
1833-02-00
James Raymond 1833
7 † ♂ EM - Hyder Ali
dead: Born captive-born Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:
1830-00-00
Unknown 1830-06-00
8 † ♀ EM - Great Indian Elephant
dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:
The Elephant Caravan 1830-06-00
9 † ♂ EM - Tippoo Sultan
dead: Born wild 1806 Dead: 1837-1838, 31 yrs Reason: unknown:
1821-00-00
Purdy, Welch & Co 1821
10 † ♀ EM - Betty
dead: Born wild 1807 Dead: 1826-05-24, 19 yrs Reason: shot: 1817-00-00
1817-12-18
Bailey Circus 1817-12-18
11 † ♂ EM - Columbus
dead: Born wild 1803 Dead: 1829-03-22, 26 yrs Reason: unknown: 1817-00-00
1817-00-00
U.S.A. unspecified location 1817
12 † ♀ EM - Buffon
dead: Born unknown Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown: 1796-02-17
1796-04-13
U.S.A. unspecified location 1796
13 † ♀ EM - The elephant of Napoleon
dead: Born wild 1770 Dead: 1782-09-25, 12 yrs Reason: accident: drawned after falling into the waters of a canal in the park 1772-02-12
1772-02-12
Versailles menagerie 1772
14 † ♀ EM - Indira
dead: Born wild Dead: 1983-08-11, ? yrs Reason: unknown: 1949-08-15
1949-09-24
Ueno Zoo
15 ♀ EM - Baby
SSP id: 117
FC: Born wild 1961 1968-00-00
1968-00-00
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation
16 † ♂ EM - Onyx (Big Mac)
SSP id: 104
dead: Born wild 1962 Dead: 2002-05-22, 40 yrs Reason: disease: intestinal rupture
Dickerson Park Zoo
17 † ♀ EM - Mabel
dead: Born unknown Dead: 1941-11-06, ? yrs Reason: disease: poisoned
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
18 † ♂ EM - Romeo
dead: Born wild 1822? Dead: 1835, 13 yrs Reason: :
1832-01-00
The Zoological Institute
19 † ♀ EM - Lokimala
dead: Born wild Dead: 2023-09-08, ? yrs Reason: unknown: 1974-00-00
1974-00-00
Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre

Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at Port of Calcutta

Reference list

Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from Port of Calcutta in India, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2024), available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3363 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:

Latest updateName of elephantSource (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2020-09-21 Indira:• http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20090921p2a00m0na017000c.html
•  https://www.theweek.in/theweek/current/animal-charm.html
2018-10-20 Buffon:• http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/editors_pick/1951_10_pick.html (dead link, Archived version)
•  A History of the Traveling Menagerie by Stuart Thayer, https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
•  Page 9, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
• http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070629/NEWS/706290388
2018-05-10 Schöpfi:• Jörg Burger, head elephantkeeper, Dresden Zoo
•  Winfried Gensch, Dresden Zoo
•  Jonas Livet, France
2016-06-09 Baby:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2016-04-01 Tommy (Jumbo):• Liz Clark, http://circuszooanimals.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-first-elephants-in-australasia.html
•  Ann Portlock, http://www.playford.sa.gov.au/elephant
•  Memories of Tommy the Elephant described in ‘Caleb 1849-1926’ by Paul M Hoskins., http://www.aussie210.com/2016/01/19/memories-of-tommy-the-elephant/
2016-04-01 Sarah (Jenny Lind):• Liz Clark
2012-10-16 Lokimala:• http://www.myelephants.org/Emgmt.html
•  Lianne Carley
•  https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/678635
2012-10-02 Mabel:• The Ringling Elephants 1888-1967, Bandwagon
•  Animals Are My Life, by Lorenz Hagenbeck, online edition at https://archive.org/stream/animalsaremylife033071mbp/animalsaremylife033071mbp_djvu.txt
2012-04-12 Columbus:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  Stuart Thayers American Circus Anthology, A History of the Traveling Menagerie, online at https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
•  http://www.somershistoricalsoc.org/menageries2p2.html
•  Page 9, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-04-11 Tippoo Sultan:• <a href="https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2d.htm">Tippo Sultan: The Man and the Beast by Stuart Thayer</a>
•  Stuart Thayers American Circus Anthology, A History of the Traveling Menagerie, online at https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
2012-04-11 Betty:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2012-04-11 Siam:• Page 10, 12, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
•  https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
2012-04-11 Great Indian Elephant:• https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
•  Page 9, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-04-11 Hyder Ali:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
•  https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2d.htm (Stuart Thayer, USA)
• Page 10, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-04-11 Romeo:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  Fighting Nature: Travelling Menageries, Animal Acts and War Shows, 2016, by Peta Tait
2012-03-31 The elephant of Napoleon:• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_Pavia
•  http://www.platypus.it/Restoration_restauro_UniPV-Elephant_3.html
•  https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&u=http://www.anms.it/upload/rivistefiles/1c6d98075ca4e732676f6a66986a723f.pdf
2010-11-12 Onyx (Big Mac):• Ryan Easley, USA
2008-09-23 Khali:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•  Ilycsin László, Zoo Budapest, Hungary
•  https://zoobudapest.com/ezt-latnod-kell/hirek/155-ev-elefantjai-1
2008-09-15 Arun:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•  Lillian Berthung, Sweden
•  Ilycsin László, Zoo Budapest, Hungary
•  https://zoobudapest.com/ezt-latnod-kell/hirek/155-ev-elefantjai-1


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