Morgan Berry , circus elephant trainer in United States Born 1911-07-30 in United States dead 1979 in United States . H. Morgan Berry was born July 30, 1911, to Estella and Howard Berry in the tiny railroad town of Mapleton, Minnesota. Morgan’s father practiced law and his mother kept the home and raised Morgan and his two younger sisters. He chose to work as an exotic animal importer: speculating tigers, gibbons and leopards, before discovering a passion for pachyderms. It wasn’t until the 1950s that Morgan finally settled down in Seattle as an elephant trainer and zookeeper. In a 1952 magazine ad, Berry was advertising four foot tall female elephants for sale for $3000 per animal. (Belle?) 1955: Morgan Berry imported eight elephant babies. George "Slim" Lewis and director of Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, assisted unloading the elephants in Seattle. (Billboard 7 May 1955)