Candler Zoo in United States

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Candler Zoo


Typezoo
First elephant arrived1932
Opened for public1932
Last elephant left1935
Closed down1935
Address Druid Hills estate
Place Atlanta
Country United States
Related persons
OwnerAsa G. Candler Jr
Key People 1932-1935: Fletcher Reynolds (curator)
Zoological department
Elephant department
Elephant Trainer 1932-1935: Al Langdon
Record history
History of updates2026-01-31: text
Latest document update2026-01-31 05:48:43
Description

Candler Zoo, located at Druid Hills estate, in Atlanta, United States , opened for public in 1932 and the first elephant arrived in 1932. The last elephant left in 1935.. Candler Zoo closed down in 1935.


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In his later years, Asa Candler Jr., the eccentric second son of the Coca-Cola co-founder, collected exotic birds and animals, which he housed on the grounds of his Druid Hills estate in Atlanta.

As noted in Secret Formula, by Frederick Allen, Candler\'s "menagerie eventually included four fully grown Adult elephants, which he named Coca, Cola, Pause, and Refreshes, and which he used in harness on one occasion to plow the ground for his kitchen garden.

Records about Candler Zoo from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
Candler received his first animals in April 20, 1932 from the Benson farm. They included two young elephants, Coca and Cola. With the shipment came Fletcher Reynolds who became the zoo\'s curator.

On April 24, 1932 Candler received Rosie from real estate developer Carl Fisher in Miami Beach. Rosie had been with him for 9 years, being used as an advertising attraction.

The zoo opened to the public on August 13, 1932 and just before that he bought two more young Asian elephants which he named Delicious and Refreshing.

To handle the training of the elephants and other animals Candler employed veteran Al Langdon. He was at the zoo for the 1932 opening and was still there in early 1935. That was when Candler closed his zoo and transferred most of his animals to the City Zoo in Grant Park, now called Zoo Atlanta.
Richard Reynolds


When the neighbors finally succeeded in forcing him to get rid of his personal zoo - one of the many lawsuits he faced was filed by a neighbor who was bitten by a fugitive baboon - he gave the entire collection to the city, thereby founding the Atlanta Zoo."

In 1948, the Candlers sold the estate to the General Services Administration for use as a veterans hospital, which never materialized. Instead, the Georgian Clinic (later known as the DeKalb County Addiction Center) opened there as the first Alcohol treatment facility in the state, later developed to the Georgia Mental Health Institute.

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References for records about Candler Zoo

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Koehl, Dan (2026). Candler Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=690. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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