Ben Reed

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☨ Ben Reed
Profession	circus elephant keeper
Personal details
Born	? in United States
Dead	1926-01-15 Texas in United States
Country	United States

Locations
Title	elephant trainer -1926
Location	at Monroe Brothers Circus in United States

Biography details

Ben "Sweet" Reed , circus elephant keeper in United States

Born ? in United States dead 1926-01-15 in United States .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Black Diamond (trainer from 1925 to 1926)

1 casualties

1926-01-15: elephant keeper Ben Reed fatal attack by Black Diamond. Ben "Sweet" Reed † 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.

Killed by the Asian elephant bull Black Diamond, January 15th, 1926 in Texas.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant keeper Ben "Sweet" Reed in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2876. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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