Gerry
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Buck Zoo (Frank Buck Zoo), Gainesville in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Gerry  dead elephant



Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Buck Zoo (Frank Buck Zoo), Gainesville, in United States

Date of arrival

Buck Zoo (Frank Buck Zoo), Gainesville
from Gainesville Community Circus

Record history
History of updates0000-00-00

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Gerry is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Buck Zoo (Frank Buck Zoo), Gainesville, in United States, .

Origin

Gerry was born wild .


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An elephant caught in the branches of a fallen tree amid surging floodwaters survived by using her Trunk as a snorkel until rescue workers could ford the swift current and free her. However, many other animals who escaped rising waters at the Texas Frank Buck Zoo were still at large after three days of heavy rain. "We don't have a full count of what animats are missing, but none you could consider dangerous. Mostly they're fleet of
foot, like deer," said Assistant Police Chief Carl Dunlap. "I saw a moose standing on the interstate highway, but we got him.' Gem;, a 13 year old female elephant, suivived rushing floodwaters by staying put and using her Trunk as a snorkel. "We could see her, but we just couldn't get to he. because of the swift water/' Dunlap said. "She was able to keep her snout
above water and breathe after she became entangled in the treetop. When we finally got to her, there was about a foot of her back sticking out of the water and her snout. We could see her eye every once in a while."
Zoo Superintendent Vince Reynolds said the elephant's Trunk was scarred and her neck was sore. "She's pretty tolerable and calm to go through what she went through," another zoo official said. Cowboys in this north-central Texas area began rounding up the Zoo's inhabitants af ter the flood waters went down. A bush cow and a Gnu were lassoed and returned to the zoo, then a llama was found walking near an interstate highway and a deer was
discovered just south of town. Julie Broyles, 11, watched a beat swim
downstream in the swollen creek which is just behind her house. In 1974 a flood caused the zoo to evacuate its animals, but this time the flood
caught officials by surprise. At last report the zoo grounds still had a lot of water in it.


Circus report 44, November 2, 1981
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Gerry, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Buck Zoo (Frank Buck Zoo), Gainesville in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3925. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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