Calgary Zoo in Canada

Calgary Zoo
"Taking the girls out for a walk on the Zoo's west lawn(Kamala, Swarna and little Maharani) summer of 1990. The wee one in the middle is Malti's mom."Keepers Brent Van Hooft & Dave Percival. Photo: © Brent Van Hooft
Type	zoo

Owner
Last elephant left	2014
Address	1300 Zoo Road NE
Zip-code	T2E 7V6
Place	Calgary
State	Alberta
Country	Canada
Website	Website

Directors

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants

Elephant keepers	1980-1988: John Lehnhardt (elephant keeper) -1973: Toby Styles (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates	2021-09-29

Latest document update	2021-09-29 00:38:02
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Description

Calgary Zoo, located at 1300 Zoo Road NE, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada . The last elephant left in 2014.

Casualties

1 casualties

1980: director John Lehnhardt attacked by Spike (Ganesha). Lehnhardt’s job was to separate a 3,000-pound male elephant from two females at night. “This young male decided he wasn’t going, so he tried to kill me. He knocked me down and tried to squish me into the floor with his head,” he said.” John Lehnhardt Survived. Lehnhardt grabbed the bull’s ear and quickly moved to the elephant’s side. “If he’d had Tusks, he would have gored me to death,” he said.

References for records about Calgary Zoo

Koehl, Dan (2025). Calgary Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=181. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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