Cabarceno Zoo Obregon in Spain

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Cabarceno Zoo Obregon
Photo: Jutta Kirchner, Vienna, Austria
Local name	Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabárceno
Type	zoo
Address	Ctra. Obregón, s/n, 39690 Obregón
Place	Santander
District	Cantabria
Country	Spain
Website	Website
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Owner


Key People
Zoological department

Head Veterinarian	: Santiago Borragan
Elephant department
Elephant keepers
-2021: Joaquin Arnaiz

Record history
History of updates	2021-03-01

Latest document update	2021-03-01 20:21:15
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Description

Cabarceno Zoo Obregon, located at Ctra. Obregón, s/n, 39690 Obregón, in Santander, Spain .

Living elephants

At the Cabarceno Zoo Obregon lives 19 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

♀ Africa born 2011-10-07
♀ Beatuca born 2023-01-18
♀ Brisa born 2003-04-28
♀ Dobra born 2023-04-05
♀ Hilda born 2001-04-10
♀ Infinita born 2005-05-03
♂ Jumar born 1997-04-15
♂ Jums born 1977-01-01
♀ Kenia born 2001-08-14
♀ Kira born 1995-02-04
♀ Laura born 1983
♀ Luena born 2017-08-24
♂ Martín born 2012-05-12
♀ Maruca born 2020-02-22
♀ Penny born 1980
♀ Saja born 2017-08-06
♂ Toranzo born 2018-07-26
♂ Toribio born 2018-08-29
♀ Zambi born 1981

Comments / picturesThis zoo was made in an old iron open air mines. The natural holes used not long ago to extract the iron, now house the animals in a rather 'natural and free' environment. Elephants, leopards and lions in the north of Spain.
Just 1/2 hour away from Santander, heading south.

2021-02-24: Elephant kills Spanish zookeeper with one hit from Trunk. The female elephant weighing around 4,000kg (8,800lb) hit the 44-year-old with her Trunk on Wednesday morning at the Cabarceno Natural Park near the northern city of Santander, the zoo said. The man was rushed to hospital where he died from his injuries some three hours later.

References for records about Cabarceno Zoo Obregon

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Cabarceno Zoo Obregon, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=115. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/26/elephant-kills-spanish-zookeeper-with-one-blow-from-trunk

Living elephants

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