Mesker Park Zoo in United States


Mesker Park Zoo
Typezoo

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 updates2010-10-01

Latest document update2020-10-30 07:03:11
Description

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

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 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

Recommended Citation

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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