Reba
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Phoenix Zoo in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Reba  dead elephant
Alternative name: Daffodil
Identification
SSP nr283
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 50 years old
People killed:1: Axel Gautier
Origin
Born:* 1970 wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead: †2020-03-30
Death reason: euthanised:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Phoenix Zoo, in United States
Date of arrival
1999-12-17Phoenix Zoo
from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)
1990-04-01Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)
from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm
from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)
from African Lion Safari (Ontario)
1989-02-17African Lion Safari (Ontario)
from Robert Bobby Moore
1985-00-00Robert Bobby Moore 1985-00-00
from Vidbels Old Tyme Circus (Alfred Vidbel)
Record history
History of updates2025-03-17:
Latest document update2025-03-11 09:24:06

† Reba is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2020-03-30 at Phoenix Zoo, in United States, .

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 1993-05-05: elephant trainer Axel Gautier fatal attack by Reba. The elephant approached Gautier from behind, pushed him down with her trunk and stepped on him, the sheriff's report said. † Axel Gautier Died 1993-05-05, Shands Hospital in Gainesville. Gautier was treated at a Williston hospital for internal injuries to his chest, pelvis and abdomen and then flown to Shands Hospital in Gainesville, where he died.


Origin

Reba was born wild 1970 at Asia unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

Records about Reba from Bob Cline

DAFFODIL / REBA Born approximately 1970 Stud # 283
Female Asian 1971 to 1987 - Al Vidbel elephants
1988 to 1990 - Bobby Moore's elephant Act
1990 to 1999 - RBBB
1999 to 2005 - Phoenix Zoo

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".


1993: Killed Ringling Brothers trainer Axel Gautier in 1993 when she knocked him down and stepped on him.

If the Asian stud book is correct, Daffodil became Ringling Reba. She was at the stud farm for a while and continued with her bad attitude. She is now at the Phoenix Zoo in Protected Contact. Joey Ratliff
Bobby Moore Elephants #1 (Wayne Jackson Collection), Buckles Web Log, 10/02/06
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Reba, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Phoenix Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=414. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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