Nellie
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Sydney Zoo in Australia

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Nellie  dead elephant
Picture courtesy Sonia Coleman
Picture courtesy Sonia Coleman

Identification

ASMP nr26

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀
Origin
Born:* unknown
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 1949-05-21
Death reason: accident: fell into the dry moat, broke her back
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Sydney Zoo, in Australia

Date of arrival

1948-08-16Sydney Zoo
from Mitchell Park Zoo

1928-00-00Mitchell Park Zoo
from Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Bahadur

Record history
History of updates2021-11-19

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Nellie is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1949-05-21 at Sydney Zoo, in Australia, . Official death reason described as fell into the dry moat, broke her back.

Origin

Nellie was born unknown .


Comments / pictures

Originally presented to the park by the Maharaja of Mysore in 1928, Nellie became a firm favourite with Durbanites and soon learned to play a mouth organ, crack coconuts and let children ride on her back. Nellie left South Africa in 1949 to go to Taronga Zoo in Australia where the authorities, not knowing what a people-loving animal she was, put her in an enclosure with a Moat and a fence around it. She must have been starved for company and one day, while trying to reach over the moat, fell in and broke her back.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Nellie, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Sydney Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5870. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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