Michael Gatti

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 ☨ Michael Gatti 
Profession zoo elephant keeper
Personal details
Born 1956-10-19 Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. in United States
Dead 2002-11-18 Pittsburgh Zoo in United States
Residence
Country United States
Work locations
Title elephant keeper 1997-2002
Location at Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium in United States
Title elephant keeper-1997
Location at Brookfield Zoo in United States
Title elephant keeper
Location at Bronx Zoo in United States
Biography details

Michael J. Gatti , zoo elephant keeper in United States

Gatti was born 1956-10-19 in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. United States dead 2002-11-18 Pittsburgh Zoo, in United States .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Moja (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 2002-11-18: elephant keeper Michael Gatti fatal attack by Moja. Two zoo keepers were taking the elephant and her calf on a routine walk through the Zoo grounds this morning, when the mother suddenly stopped. Gatti told the elephant to keep moving. But she knocked him to the ground with her head and then pinned him. Michael J. Gatti † Michael Gatti Died 2002-11-18, Pittsburgh Zoo. He had worked as an elephant handler for the Pittsburgh Zoo for the past five years, prior to that he had worked at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, and the Bronx Zoo in New York.

2002-11-18: An elephant keeper at the Pittsburgh Zoo died this morning after a 6,200-pound elephant pinned him to the ground, zoo officials announced. An autopsy is scheduled Tuesday on the body of Michael Gatti, 46, of Plank Road, Butler, authorities said. Two zoo keepers were taking the elephant and her calf on a routine walk through the Zoo grounds this morning, when the mother suddenly stopped. Gatti told the elephant to keep moving. But she knocked him to the ground with her head and then pinned him.

He had worked as an elephant handler for the Pittsburgh Zoo for the past five years, prior to that he had worked at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, and the Bronx Zoo in New York.

Survivors include his wife, Mary T. Obermeyer Gatti, they were married August 24, 1991; his mother, Marion E. Gatti of Butler; two brothers, Nino Gatti of Zelienople and Christopher Gatti of Kirkwood, N.Y.; and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.

Michael Gatti is mentioned on 1 elephant record pagesMoja,  

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant keeper Michael J. Gatti in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 6 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3545. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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