Hans Nagel

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☨ Hans Nagel

Profession	zoo director
Personal details
Born	1891-07-07 in Germany

Dead	1941-11-17 Houston Zoo in United States

Residence
Country	United States

Locations
Title	director 1923-
Location	at Houston Zoo in United States

Title	animal capturer
Location	at Firma Carl Hagenbeck in Germany

Biography details

Hans Nagel , zoo director in United States

Nagel was born * 1891-07-07 in Germany dead 1941-11-17 Houston Zoo, in United States .

Affiliation with 3 elephants

1: Hans (trainer from 1925 to 1941) 2: Barnum Nellie (trainer from 1924 to 1941) 3: Black Diamond (killed)

1921: Hans Nagel, head keeper of the Houston Zoological Gardens, is to leave for New York Tuesday to chaperon a gentleman elephant and a pair of zebras to Houston by steamer.

1941; Killed just outside Houston Zoo, by Police officer Harold Warren by emptying six bullets of his . 44 Smith & Wesson into Nagel’s body.

Selected publications

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). director Hans Nagel in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 April 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3122. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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