Buby (Bubi)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Circus Kludsky in Czech Republic

Biography
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Identification


Description
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Male ♂

People killed:1
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 1930
Death reason: disease: illness
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Circus Kludsky, in Czech Republic

Date of arrival

1920-00-00Circus Kludsky
from Firma Ruhe

1920-00-00Firma Ruhe
from Munich Zoo

Record history
History of updates2025-03-06

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Buby (Bubi) is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1930 at Circus Kludsky, in Czech Republic, . Official death reason described as illness.

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 1929: elephant keeper Johann fatal attack by Buby (Bubi). Johann was drunk and made a bet that he would bring Bubi to the pub. He was found dead in the morning in the straw in Bubi's stable, and Bubi had blood on his Tusks. † Johann Died 1929


Origin

Buby (Bubi) was born wild .


Comments / pictures


Contradictory records:

According to Rudolf Kludsky, he fetched Buby and other animals i Munich in autumn 1920, while other surces state he arrived at Kludsky in 1922.

Came to Circus Kludsky from Munich Zoo with the elephantkeeper Eberlein.

A young man Miloš Krinert stopped him when he ran away in panic and so he was hired as a elephant keeper.

Killed a circus worker in Temesvar, Romenia, during tour with Circus Kludsky.


Contradictory records:

According to a worker of National museum in Prague, where Bubis dermoplatique is stored, he died 1930 when the circus was in Spisska Nova Ves in Slovakia.
Other sources stat he died in 1933.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Buby (Bubi), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Circus Kludsky in Czech Republic. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3645. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Könige der Manege by Rudolf Kludsky (in german)
  • "Život v manéži" by Karel Kludský, Václav Cibula, (through Jana Havlová)
  • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

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