Oakland Zoo (Knowland Park) in United States


Oakland Zoo (Knowland Park)
Typezoo
Owner
Founded1922
Address 9777 Golf Links Road
Zip-code 94605
Place Oakland, CA
Country United States
Website Website
Directors-1959: Sidney Snow (director)
1922: Henry A. Snow (director)
Key People -1991: Lorne Jackson (curator)
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Head keepers
of elephants		 -: Gina Kinzley
(elephant head-keeper)
Elephant keepers 2023-: Marisa Riordan (senior elephant keeper)
2019-2022: Marisa Riordan (elephant keeper)
2018-2019: Marisa Riordan (apprentice keeper)
Record history
History of updates2014-05-03
Latest document update2020-10-30 07:03:11
Description

Oakland Zoo (Knowland Park), located at 9777 Golf Links Road, in Oakland, CA, United States , was founded in 1922.

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 1991-01-12: curator Lorne Jackson fatal attack by Smokey. trampled and struck Jackson with its leg or Trunk. † Lorne Jackson Died 1991-01-12, Oakland Zoo. Jackson, who suffered head and chest injuries, was pronounced dead less than an hour later. The trampling death of zookeeper Lorne Jackson by Smokey in 1991 led the Oakland Zoo to transfer their elephants to Protected Contact.

Comments / pictures

Naturalist Henry A. Snow established the Oakland Zoo in 1922 on 19th St and Harrison St in downtown Oakland. Over the years the zoo relocated several times: to Sequoia Park, Joaquin Miller Park and finally in 1939 to Durant Park.
*wikipedia



Henry A. Snows son, Sidney Snow, was a vital part of Oakland Zoo\'s history. He personally procured the land for Oakland Zoo and founded the Alameda County Zoological Society, now the East Bay Zoological Society. Snow served as Director of Oakland Zoo from 1936 until his death in 1959.

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The Oakland Zoo first adopted the Protected Contact management in 1991 after Dohani’s father, Smokey, killed a handler. It was the nation’s first zoo to practice Protected Contact with all of its elephants. (About half of U.S. zoos now use the method to manage some elephants.)

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Koehl, Dan (2025). Oakland Zoo (Knowland Park), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=331. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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