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

Biography

☨ ♂ miscarriage

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 1974-10-26 captive-born
Birth place:	in Chester Zoo

Parents:	♂ Nobby x ♀ Sheba
Death
Dead:	†1974-10-26
Death reason:	miscarriage: mother fell into the moat
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Chester Zoo, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1974-10-26	Chester Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† miscarriage is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1974-10-26 at Chester Zoo, in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as mother fell into the moat.

Origin

miscarriage was born captive-born 1974-10-26 at Chester Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of miscarriage are: ♂ Nobby (father) and ♀ Sheba (mother).

Siblings through the father Nobby:

1977-05-08 -- † 2003-08-13 (M) Jubilee

Pedigree

**miscarriages ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
miscarriage	Sire (f): Nobby Born: 1960	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Sheba Born: 1956	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:

Theres two different stories to the death:

"The baby died a few hours after the birth (EEG) "

"In October 1974 Sheba was pushed into the Moat by one of the other elephants. She was successfully recovered but four days later miscarried a full-term male calf, fathered by Nobby."
(THE HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL ELEPHANT CENTRE, CHESTER ZOO, BY PAUL A. REES)

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). miscarriage, 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=1591. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Rees, P. A. (2001). A history of the National Elephant Centre, Chester Zoo. International Zoo News. 48(30: 170-183.

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