Patience
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Dickerson Park Zoo in United States

Biography
♀ Patience

Identification

SSP nr76

Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 49 years old
Management:Protected contact

People killed:1
Origin
Born:* 1976 wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1998-05-17
(dead † 2000-11-29)
Kala SSP id: 509
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Dickerson Park Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1990-10-30Dickerson Park Zoo
from Brookfield Zoo

Record history
History of updates2025-03-17:

Latest document update2025-03-11 21:38:09

Biography


Patience is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Dickerson Park Zoo, in United States.

Patience arrived in 1990-10-30 to the Dickerson Park Zoo, relocated from the Brookfield Zoo, in United States.


Social

Patience lives together with 3 other elephants at the Dickerson Park Zoo: (detailed list)

  1. Hugo born 2011-04-25
  2. Indy (Butch) born 1971
  3. Moola born 1981-08-08

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 2013-10-11: elephant keeper John Bradford fatal attack by Patience. Patience hesitated in the chute, and Bradford, was coaxing her forward by reaching for her with a Guide. The animal suddenly lunged forward, knocking Bradford down, into the chute. The animal then crushed Bradford against the floor, killing him instantly. † John Bradford Died 2013-10-11, Dickerson Park Zoo.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies
  1. (M) 1998-05-17 -- † 2000-11-29 Kala SSP id: 509


Origin

Patience was born wild 1976 at Asia unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

2013-10-11: The morning of the incident, Patience hesitated in the chute, and elephant manager John Phillip Bradford, 62, was coaxing her forward. Bradford leaned into the chute, reaching for her with a Guide. The animal suddenly lunged forward, knocking Bradford down, into the chute. The animal then crushed Bradford against the floor, killing him instantly.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Patience, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Dickerson Park Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=741. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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