San Antonio Zoo in United States


San Antonio Zoo
Typezoo
Owner
Address 3903 North St. Mary's Street
Zip-code 78212-3199
Place San Antonio, Texas
Country United States
Website Website
Directors
Key People -1998: Raymond Figueroa (superintendent)
1951: Raymond Figueroa (zookeeper)
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Elephant managementProtected Contact, since 1992
Head keepers
of elephants		 1940: Bill Emery
(elephant head-keeper)
: Raymond Figueroa
(elephant head-keeper)
Elephant keepers 1972-1972: Keith Hodges (elephant keeper)
-1992: Jubal Cox (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates2010-01-17
Latest document update2020-10-30 07:03:11
Description

San Antonio Zoo, located at 3903 North St. Mary's Street, in San Antonio, Texas, United States

San Antonio Zoo elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since 1992

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Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 1992-12-16: elephant keeper Jubal Cox fatal attack by Ginny. Ginny slapped the keeper Jubal Cox, 29, with her trunk, which she then used to scoop him up and throw him to the ground. † Jubal Cox Died 1992-12-16

Comments / picturesIn December 1992, a keeper was leading Ginny, Lucky and Alport to the elephant exhibit when Ginny attacked and killed the man. The elephant program made the transition to Protected Contact.

After the death of Alport in November 2007, Lucky remained as a single elephant. The San Antonio Zoo has made plans to bring in a companion for Lucky until a new African elephant exhibit is constructed, at which time the two female Asians will be transferred to a new facility and African elephants will be brought to fill the new compound.


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Koehl, Dan (2025). San Antonio Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=117. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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