Esha
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Blackpool Zoo in United Kingdom

Biography
♀ Esha

Identification

EEP nr201402

Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 11 years old
Management:Protected contact
Origin
Born:* 2014-03-04 captive-born
Birth place: in Twycross Zoo

Parents: Raja x ♀ Noor Jahan
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 2024-11-04
(dead † 2024-11-07)
Unnamed EEP id: XX
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Blackpool Zoo, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

2018-08-30Blackpool Zoo
from Twycross Zoo

Record history
History of updates2024-04-01:
2025-03-18:

Latest document update2024-12-01 09:20:34
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Biography


Esha is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Blackpool Zoo, in United Kingdom.

Esha arrived in 2018-08-30 to the Blackpool Zoo, relocated from the Twycross Zoo, in United Kingdom.


Social

Esha lives together with 5 other elephants at the Blackpool Zoo: (detailed list)

  1. Emmett (Tundi) born 1991-07-10
  2. Katie born 1969
  3. Minbu born 1985-01-00
  4. Noor Jahan born 1995-11-24
  5. Tara born 1998-08-06

Offspring

Total: 1 babies
  1. (unknown) 2024-11-04 -- † 2024-11-07 Unnamed EEP id: XX


Origin

Esha was born captive-born 2014-03-04 at Twycross Zoo.

Parentage


Parents of Esha are: ♂ Raja (father) and ♀ Noor Jahan (mother).

Siblings through the father Raja:

  1. 2011 -- † 2011 (F) miscarriage
  2. 2012-03-24 -- † 2012-03-24 () killed
  3. 2012-03-25 -- † 2012-03-25 (F) stillborn
  4. 2013-07-27(M) Namsai
  5. 2014-09-24(F) Tarli
  6. 2019-01-12 -- † 2019-01-16 (F) Unnamed

Siblings through the mother Noor Jahan:

  1. 2009-08-06 - † 2011-04-13? (M) Ganesh Vijay
  2. 2024-09-00 - † 2024-09-00 (unknown) Stillborn

Pedigree


Eshas ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Esha

Sire (f):
Raja

Born: 1994-01-19

Sire ff:


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Dame ffm:
Dame fm:
Shree

Born: ~1950
Sire fmf:
Dame fmm:

Dame m:
Noor Jahan

Born: 1995-11-24

Sire mf:


Born:
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Dame mfm:
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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Esha, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Blackpool Zoo in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16344. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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