Sutton
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Noahs Ark Zoo Farm in United Kingdom

♂ Sutton
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Identification

EEP nr	201400

Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 9 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 2014-05-05 captive-born
Birth place:	through artificial insemination in West Midland Safari Park
Birth weight	100.00 kgs, 220.00 lbs

Parents:	♂ Steve (wild) x ♀ Five
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Noahs Ark Zoo Farm, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

2023-05-10	Noahs Ark Zoo Farm from West Midland Safari Park

Record history
History of updates	2021-06-23

Latest document update	2023-05-10 17:10:20
Random literature

Biography

Location

Sutton is a living Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Noahs Ark Zoo Farm, in United Kingdom.

Sutton arrived in 2023-05-10 to the Noahs Ark Zoo Farm, relocated from the West Midland Safari Park, in United Kingdom.

Sutton lives together with 2 other elephants at the Noahs Ark Zoo Farm:

♂ Janu born 2005-07-07
♂ Shaka born 1991

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Origin

Sutton was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2014-05-05 at West Midland Safari Park.

Parentage

Parents of Sutton are: ♂ Steve (wild) (father) and ♀ Five (mother).

Siblings through the father Steve (wild):

2013-09-04(F) Iqhwa

Pedigree

**Suttons ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Sutton	Sire (f): Steve (wild) Born:	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Five Born: 1991	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

The West Midland baby is Five's son, he was born on 5 May, weighing 100 kg. He's the first calf born at West Midland, and the second calf ever born by Artificial insemination with sperm from a wild elephant (the sperm donor is in South Africa).

Five's son was named Sutton, after Cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton (picture below)
Sutton in Noahs Ark Zoo Farm

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Sutton, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Noahs Ark Zoo Farm in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 6 December 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16396. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Ryan Gillis
Paul van Rijswijk, Netherlands.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-65537575
https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-05-10/new-bristol-home-for-sutton-the-elephant
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Sutton (Google Translated version)

Links

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

More elephants from: Noahs Ark Zoo Farm
More elephants from: United Kingdom
More elephants that was born: 2014-05-05
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)

Sutton 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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Categories2014 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from Noahs Ark Zoo Farm | United Kingdom | African savanna elephants

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