Batyr
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Karagandy Zoo (Karaganda Zoo) in Kazakhstan

Biography

☨ ♂ Batyr

Identification

EEP nr	6904

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 24 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1969-07-23 captive-born
Birth place:	in Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo)

Parents:	♂ Dubas x ♀ Palma
Death
Dead:	†1993-08-26
Death reason:	anesthesia: didn't woke up from sedation after footcare
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Karagandy Zoo (Karaganda Zoo), in Kazakhstan

Date of arrival

1973-12-31	Karagandy Zoo (Karaganda Zoo) from Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo)

Record history
History of updates	2020-10-19

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Batyr is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1993-08-26 at Karagandy Zoo (Karaganda Zoo), in Kazakhstan, . Official death reason described as didn't woke up from sedation after footcare.

Origin

Batyr was born captive-born 1969-07-23 at Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo).

Parentage

Parents of Batyr are: ♂ Dubas (father) and ♀ Palma (mother).

Siblings through the father Dubas:

1968-05-15 -- † 1968-05-15 (M) killed
1972-07-19 -- † 1972-07-19 (M) stillborn
1974-08-26 -- † 1977-08-00 (M) Almas
1978-04-21(F) Aygul

Siblings through the mother Palma:

1968-05-15 - † 1968-05-15 (M) killed
1972-07-19 - † 1972-07-19 (M) stillborn
1974-08-26 - † 1977-08-00 (M) Almas
1978-04-21(F) Aygul

Pedigree

**Batyrs ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Batyr	Sire (f): Dubas Born:	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Palma Born: 1959	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

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Contradictory records:

Because Zoo Alma-Ata stated official birth year 1970-05-24 EEG state this in Documentation I, but this was corrected by Zoo Karaganda in December 1992.
EEG state arrival in Karaganda as to 1974-05-27.

Batyr was rejected from the mother and hand-reared as calf. Batyr first became famous in 1977 when a nightwatchman reported hearing the eight year old Indian elephant talking to himself.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Batyr, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Karagandy Zoo (Karaganda Zoo) in Kazakhstan. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=306. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Peter Stolk, Netherlands
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

Litterature about Karagandy Zoo (Karaganda Zoo)

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