Joaquin Arnaiz

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☨ Joaquin Arnaiz
Profession	zoo elephant keeper
Personal details
Born	1977?
Country	Spain

Locations
Title	director 2013-
Location	at Circus World Museum in United States

Title	elephant keeper -2021
Location	at Cabarceno Zoo Obregon in Spain

Biography details

Joaquin Gutierrez Arnaiz , zoo elephant keeper in Spain

Born 1977? dead 2021-02-24 .

2021-02-24: Gutierrez Arnaiz was in an outdoor patio area, washing down the surfaces when the 4,000kg African elephant struck him with her Trunk, causing his head to hit the bars of the pen, according to CNN.

Two of his colleagues called for help. He was rushed to Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital, where he died from injuries some three hours later, a statement from Cabarceno Natural Park said.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant keeper Joaquin Gutierrez Arnaiz in Spain. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2353. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.insider.com/spain-elephant-kills-zookeeper-with-a-single-blow-from-trunk-2021-2

Selected publications

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