elephant

elephant
05-08-2011

1962

09-08-2011

is this the pre casson pavillion elephant house?

10-08-2011

I believe this pre-dates the casson pavillion by around 3 years.

12-08-2011

has anybody got pictures of the african + asian elephant enclosures before the opening of the casson pavillion? (until the opening of casson, they were both kept separate, one roughly where the roundhouse is now, and another before the mappins if i'm correct?)

12-08-2011

The elephant enclosure in the picture was roughly were the Clore Pavilion is now

As I remember this enclosure, as a very small child in the late 1950s / early 1960s, both African and Asiatic elephants were kept here.

12-08-2011

is that structure she is walking towards shade or the house or ?

12-08-2011

It is a large concrete sunshade; the indoor accommodation was underground.

12-08-2011

Wow didnt know that

12-08-2011

so what about the elephant enclosure behind the mappins?, but thanks for the info tim

12-08-2011

I personally do not remember elephants kept behind the Mappin Terraces, but there were buildings there and I believe that one of them, the old Tapir House, was used for temporary elephant accommodation at times.

12-08-2011

I thought the area behind the Mappins- now the Hospital/Admin buildings etc was the site of Monkey Hill? Perhaps there were other buildings also.

Incidentally, further to our previous discussions on the origin of the Asian female 'Lakshmi', I think this is her as this is still a youngish elephant and so not 'Rusty' the older female.

The three Elephants from here that transferred into the Casson being 'Dicksie'(African) and 'Rusty' and 'Lakshmi'(Asian).

13-08-2011

Indeed, Monkey Hill was behind the Mappin Terraces, but there were other buildings there too.

And a fourth, the African elephant “Toto”.

13-08-2011

i have map saved somewhere on my laptop which states african elephants lived behind the mappins, next to monkey hill?, i will have to look

13-08-2011

i remember the name. Was she younger than Dicksie and before Pole Pole?

14-08-2011

Yes, that’s right; ‘Toto’ arrived in 1962 and died in 1980.