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Dickerson Park Zoo in United States
Dickerson Park Zoo Type zoo Owner Total nrs 500 Founded 1922 First elephant arrived 1954 Number of species 160 Number of animals 500 Address
3043 North Fort Zip-code
65803 Place
Springfield, Missouri Country
United States Website
Website Directors Key People Veterinarians Elephant department Head keepers Elephant keepers Record history History of updates 2010-01-26 Latest document update 2020-10-30 07:03:11 Random literature As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases
Description
Dickerson Park Zoo, located at 3043 North Fort, in Springfield, Missouri, United States
, was founded in 1922 and the first elephant arrived in 1954.
Living elephants At the Dickerson Park Zoo lives 4 elephants with records in this database: (detail list ) ♂ Hugo born 2011-04-25
♂ Indy (Butch) born 1971
♀ Moola born 1981-08-08
♀ Patience born 1976
Comments / pictures In Summer 2009, the Dickerson Park Zoo celebrated the birthdays of three of their elephants - Ol' CC turned sixty, Pinky aged to forty five and Patience turned thirty five years old.Tuberculosis ,
,airborne Zoonotic disease (Infectious to humans)'>Tuberculosis.
The culture results indicated that Minyahk was not shedding the bacteria. Pinky was taken off exhibit as well to be a companion during the aggressive treatment course. At the time, Minyahk was the oldest elephant to reside at Dickerson Park Zoo and the fifth oldest elephant living in AZA-accredited zoos.References for records about Dickerson Park Zoo
Recommended Citation Koehl, Dan (2025). Dickerson Park Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=97 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others:
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