51 zoo locations has kept elephants in United Kingdom
There is presently 50 (15,35) living elephants in zoo locations in United Kingdom (in this database)
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| Location holdings: | 51 zoo locations has kept 266 elephants in United Kingdom
(Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
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| Elephants in zoo locations | 50 (15,35) living | 216 (47,155) dead |
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Sex ratio and
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| Male | 15 / 50 | | 30% | | Female | 35 / 50 | | 70% | | Free contact | 13 / 50 | | 26% | | Protected contact | 20 / 50 | | 40% | | No contact | 10 / 50 | | 20% | | Unknown contact | 7 / 50 | | 14% | | wild | 0 / 50 | | 0% |
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Elephants arriving England from 13th to 18th century
At least eleven elephants arrived in Britain during the reigns of Queen Anne and Georges I and II; some of them died soon after arrival.
There is some confusion, as to weather the Wilkins and the Berkeley elephant is the same individual. Also, a third elephant is mentioned in this time period, which may be identical; In his Memorialls, the presbyterian minister, Robert Law, recorded the wonder of seeing a ‘bonnie’ elephant in Glasgow in January, 1681:
"Anno 1680, came an elephant to Brittain, bought by the English merchants at 2000 lib. Sterling, and was sent through the island for sight to gain money; never was there any elephant seen in Scotland before, and it was brought to Glasgow, January 1681, and was seen by many; it was then eleven years old."
Robert Law
1st of August 1683 a female elephant arrived London from from the Indies (lost to trace) and later a male elephant was offered for sale at Mr Thomas Collies Brewer in Lime-House.
Sources
* Menagerie: The History of Exotic Animals in England By Caroline Grigson (ISBN B018ZK17T4)
*https://drmarkjardine.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/the-first-elephant-in-scotland-1681/
*Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, EEG: Haufellner, Kurt, Schilfarth, Schweiger
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| Name | Elephant collection | Type | Place | District | Province | State | Region |
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Alfred Ezra
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | | | | | |
Belfast Zoo (Bellevue Gardens)
Kept totally 21 elephants | , 2 present (0,2) |
1 births | 9 relocated | 10 deaths | zoo | Belfast, Northern Ireland | | | | |
Belle Vue Zoological Gardens
Kept totally 8 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 7 deaths | zoo | Manchester | | | | |
Blackpool Tower Zoo
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Blackpool, Lancashire | | | | |
Blackpool Zoo
Kept totally 12 elephants | , 6 present (1,5) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 3 deaths | zoo | Blackpool, Lancashire
(map) | | | | |
Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park
Kept totally 10 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 7 deaths | zoo | Blair Drummond by Sterling
(map) | | | | |
Bristol Zoo
Kept totally 8 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 6 deaths | zoo | Bristol
(map) | | | | |
Buckingham House menagerie
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | London
(map) | | | | |
Chessington World of Adventures (Chessington Zoo)
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 4 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Chessington, Surrey | | | | |
Chester Zoo
Kept totally 56 elephants | , 6 present (2,4) |
22 births | 20 relocated | 30 deaths | zoo | Chester
(map) | | | | |
Cleethorpes Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | | | | | |
Colchester Zoo
Kept totally 15 elephants | , 4 present (1,3) |
7 births | 4 relocated | 7 deaths | zoo | Colchester
(map) | | | | |
Coventry Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Whitley, Coventry | | | | |
Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park
Kept totally 7 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 4 relocated | 3 deaths | zoo | Chard, Somerset
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Dreamland Safari Wild Animal Park
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Margate | | | | Kent |
Dudley Zoo
Kept totally 19 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 12 relocated | 7 deaths | zoo | Dudley, West Midlands | | | | |
Edinburgh Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Edinburgh | | | | |
Exeter Exchange menagerie
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | London | | | | |
Glasgow Zoo
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Glasgow, Scotland | | | | |
Grimsby Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire | | | | |
Halifax Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Halifax
(map) | West Yorkshire | | | |
Howletts Wild Animal Park
Kept totally 48 elephants | , 14 present (6,8) |
26 births | 18 relocated | 16 deaths | zoo | Hythe, Kent
(map) | | | | |
Knowsley Safari Park
Kept totally 30 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
4 births | 13 relocated | 17 deaths | zoo | Merseyside | | | | |
Lambton Lion Park
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Durham | | | | |
Liverpool Zoo (Bostock & Wombwell's Gigantic Menagerie)
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | | | | | |
London Zoo
Kept totally 72 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
1 births | 50 relocated | 22 deaths | zoo | London | | | | |
Longleat Safari Park
Kept totally 38 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
1 births | 34 relocated | 3 deaths | zoo | Warminster
(map) | Wiltshire | | | South West England |
Maidstone Zoo (Sir Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake)
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 4 deaths | zoo | Maidstone | | | | |
Malton Flamingo Land
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 4 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Malton, North Yorkshire
(map) | | | | |
Noahs Ark Zoo Farm
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 2 present (2,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Bristol | | | | |
Oxford Zoo (Gosford Hill Farm)
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Kidlington | | | | |
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 4 deaths | zoo | Paignton, Devon | | | | |
Plymouth Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | | | | | |
Port Lympne Zoo
Kept totally 35 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
11 births | 17 relocated | 18 deaths | zoo | Kent | | | | |
Sandringham Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Norfolk | | | | |
Sherwood Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Hucknall
(map) | | | | Nottinghamshire |
Southampton Zoo
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Southampton | | | | |
Southport Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Southport | | | | Merseyside |
Surrey Zoological Gardens
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | London
(map) | Kennington, Surrey | | | |
The Crystal Palace
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | London
(map) | | | | |
The Scottish Zoo And Variety Circus (Scottish Zoo and Glasgow Hippodrome)
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Glasgow | | | | |
Tower of London Menagerie
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | London
(map) | | | | |
Twycross Zoo
Kept totally 15 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
5 births | 10 relocated | 5 deaths | zoo | Atherstone CV9 3PX | | | | |
Warwick Castle menagerie
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Warwick | | | | Warwickshire, West Midlands |
Wellingborough Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | | | | | |
Welsh Mountain Zoo
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 3 deaths | zoo | Clwyd, North Wales | | | | |
West Midland Safari Park
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 2 present (1,1) |
1 births | 3 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Bewdley, Worcestershire | | | | |
Whipsnade Wild Animal Park
Kept totally 37 elephants | , 7 present (1,6) |
13 births | 11 relocated | 19 deaths | zoo | Dunstable
(map) | Bedfordshire | | | |
Windsor Safari Park
Kept totally 8 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 8 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Windsor | | | | |
Woburn Safari Park
Kept totally 19 elephants | , 5 present (1,4) |
4 births | 9 relocated | 5 deaths | zoo | Woburn, Bedfordshire
(map) | | | | |
Wombwells Menagerie No.1
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Glasgow | | | | |
