John
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Perm Zoo in Russia

Biography

This record may be a duplicate record with Jony at Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo)

☨ ♂ John
Jonny as baby, 1966.

Alternative name:	Jonny

Identification

EEP nr	6611

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 46 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1965 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2011-06-23?
Death reason:	disease: heart attack
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1986-02-18 (dead † 1986-03-16)	♀ noname EEP id: 8604
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Perm Zoo, in Russia

Date of arrival

1966-08-15	Perm Zoo from Zoocentrum Moskwa (Objed)

Record history
History of updates	2009-09-14: possible association 2011-06-05: corrected sex 2011-06-25: death 2011-06-25: image 2011-07-05: Cause of death RE 2018-10-01: link to EleWiki submitted 2020-05-09: NOT duplicate with 3986

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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This record may be a duplicate record with Jony at Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo)

† John is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2011-06-23? at Perm Zoo, in Russia, . Official death reason described as heart attack.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

Origin

John was born wild 1965.

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

EEG state arrival in Perm 1967-09-01

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). John, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Perm Zoo in Russia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1615. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Jan Jakobi, Germany
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Johnny (Google Translated version)

Litterature about Perm Zoo

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Links

John 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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