Scott Blais

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Scott Blais
Profession zoo elephant keeper
Personal details
Born ? in Canada
Country Brazil
Locations
Title president 2013
Location at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil (ESB) in Brazil
Title elephant keeper 1995-2011
Location at Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) in United States
Title elephant keeper 1989-1993
Location at African Lion Safari (Ontario) in Canada
Biography details

Scott Blais , zoo elephant keeper in Brazil

Born ? in Canada .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Winkie II (Winky) (attacked)

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 2006-07-21: elephant keeper Scott Blais attacked by Winkie II (Winky). Winkie spun around and struck Joanna Burke across the chest and face. Joanna fell and Winkie stepped on her, killing her instantly. Scott tried to intervene and was also pushed down by Winkie. Scott Blais Survived. Scott was taken to Maury Regional Hospital and later released with a fractured fibia and minor injuries.

2006: In July 21, Winkie attacked and killed Joanna Burke, and attacked Blais when he was trying to intervene.

The morning of the accident, Joanna Burke and Scott Blais, one of the Sanctuary’s founding directors, followed their regular morning routine, delivering water and conducting a non-invasive visual examination of each elephant. While examining Winkie, Scott discovered that her right eyelid was very swollen, almost to the point of preventing her from seeing out of that eye. She appeared to have sustained a bug sting or bite during the night, similar to one Tarra had several weeks before. Scott made a close physical examination of Winkie’s eyelid and found it was tender to the touch. After Scott’s examination, Joanna offered Winkie a drink of water. Winkie appeared very calm. Joanna moved around to Winkie’s right side to look at her eye, not intending to touch it. Without warning, Winkie spun around and struck Joanna across the chest and face. Joanna fell and Winkie stepped on her, killing her instantly. Scott tried to intervene and sustained minor injuries. He was taken to Maury Regional Hospital and later released with a fractured fibia.



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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant keeper Scott Blais in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 26 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3340. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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