Nelly
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Circus Kludsky in Czech Republic

Biography

☨ ♀ Nelly
This is probably Nelly

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1905
Death reason:	disease: poisoned by Arsenic
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Circus Kludsky, in Czech Republic

Date of arrival

1902-00-00	Circus Kludsky
Record history
History of updates	2010-04-12: Text (operation) 2010-05-20: litterature

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Nelly is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1905 at Circus Kludsky, in Czech Republic, . Official death reason described as poisoned by Arsenic.

Origin

Nelly was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Nelly was the first elephant by circus Kludsky, bought for 8500 Marks.

Nelly was with the circus at least since 1902. In 1902 she had problems from a fistula at the hip, which affected her right backleg, but after operation by professor Drexler in Prag university, she regained her health. (Described in Brehms Tierleben, Band 12, page 573)

She died 1905 when somebody poisoned her by arsenic in Bozen (engl. Bolzano) in South Tyrol.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Nelly, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Circus Kludsky in Czech Republic. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 10 February 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4200. (archived at the Wayback machine)