Monroe Brothers Circus in United States

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Monroe Brothers Circus
Type	circus
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner

Zoological department
Elephant department

Elephant Trainer	-1926: Ben Reed

Record history
History of updates	2010-09-26

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

Description

Monroe Brothers Circus, United States .

Casualties

1 casualties

1926-01-15: elephant keeper Ben Reed fatal attack by Black Diamond. † Ben Reed Died 1926-01-15, Texas. After Black Diamond killed the elephant trainer Been Reed in Texas 1929, he always a system of chains, in order to restrict his movement and possibilities to hit or grab people with his trunk.

Comments / picturesOwner: Ted Akeman, aka Ted LaVelda

References for records about Monroe Brothers Circus

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Monroe Brothers Circus, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1833. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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