Nobby
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Chester Zoo in United Kingdom

Biography

This record may be a duplicate record with Nobi at Kolmarden Zoo

☨ ♂ Nobby

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 15 years old
Status:	musth
Origin
Born:	* 1960 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1975
Death reason:	euthanised: shot
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 1974-10-26 (dead † 1974-10-26)	♂ miscarriage

2. Born 1977-05-08 (dead † 2003-08-13)	♂ Jubilee EEP id: 7702
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Chester Zoo, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1965-09-00	Chester Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2021-03-01 18:28:16
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This record may be a duplicate record with Nobi at Kolmarden Zoo

† Nobby is a dead musth Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1975 at Chester Zoo, in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as shot.

Offspring

Total: 2 babies

(M) 1974-10-26 -- † 1974-10-26 miscarriage
(M) 1977-05-08 -- † 2003-08-13 Jubilee EEP id: 7702

Origin

Nobby was born wild 1960.

Comments / pictures

At the end of October 1975 Nobby escaped from the grounds of the zoo. He was followed to a nearby residential area where an attempt was made to tranquillise him. He was in Musth at the time and the tranquilliser had no effect. Zoo officials had no alternative but to shoot their only Asian bull. (Paul A. Rees)

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Nobby, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Chester Zoo in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1590. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Rees, P. A. (2001). A history of the National Elephant Centre, Chester Zoo. International Zoo News. 48(30: 170-183.
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Sheba (Google Translated version)

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Links

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Internal relevant links

List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Chester Zoo
More elephants from: United Kingdom
More elephants that was born: 1960
More elephants that died: 1975
All breeding cows
All breeding bulls
The elephant database startpage. Statistics
List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

Nobby at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
Link to translated version with Google Translate

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