Mesker Park Zoo in United States

Mesker Park Zoo
Type	zoo

Owner
Address	2421 Bement Avenue
Zip-code	47720
Place	Evansville
Region	Indiana
Country	United States
Website	Website

Directors	-1954: Bob McGrath (director)

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants	1931-1931: Bill Emery (elephant head-keeper)

Elephant keepers	-: Pam Rogers (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates	2010-10-01

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11

Description

Mesker Park Zoo, located at 2421 Bement Avenue, in Evansville, United States .

Casualties

1 casualties

1954-01-25: director Bob McGrath fatal attack by Kay. Roger "Bob" McGraw was the Mesker Zoo Director at the time and had worked there for nearly 25 years. He was mopping Kay, the elephant's, cage when he got crushed by her † Bob McGrath Died 1954-01-31, Deaconess Hospital, Evansville. He died 6 days later at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. And he asked that they not destroy her.

References for records about Mesker Park Zoo

Koehl, Dan (2025). Mesker Park Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=290. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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