Biography
Biography Kalaya is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Knies Kinderzoo , in Switzerland .
Kalaya arrived in 2016-00-00 to the Knies Kinderzoo, relocated from the Circus Knie , in Switzerland .
Social
Kalaya lives together with 7 other elephants at the Knies Kinderzoo: (detailed list )
♀ Ceylon II born 1970 ♂ Kamon born 2022-05-07 ♀ Mapalay born 1986 ♀ Rani born 1982 ♀ Sabu born 1984 ♀ Sandry born 1999-11-27 ♂ Thisiam born 1998-05-04 Origin
Kalaya was born captive-born 2013-11-01 at Knies Kinderzoo .
Parentage Po Chin (father) and ♀ Sandry (mother).
Siblings through the father Po Chin : 2013-03-05 -- † 2013-02-26 () stillborn 2016-08-02 -- † 2016-08-02 () noname 2017-09-19(M) Ta Wan 2019-02-26(F) Malee 2019-06-08(F) Luna 2020-12-18 -- † 2023-08-06 (M) Sayun 2025-08-21(M) Maximus Siblings through the mother Sandry : 2022-05-07(M) Kamon Pedigree
Kalayas ancestral Pedigree:
P
I
II
III
Kalaya
Sire (f):Po Chin
Sire ff:Chang
Sire fff:Chieng Mai
Dame ffm:Ida
Dame fm:Jangolie
Sire fmf:
Dame fmm:
Dame m:Sandry
Sire mf:Hussein
Sire mff:
Dame mfm:
Dame mm:Claudy (Claudia)
Sire mmf:
Dame mmm:
Reference list References Koehl, Dan, (2026). Kalaya, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) Knies Kinderzoo in Switzerland . Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16301 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others:
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