The North American Regional Studbook lists Amos as Lost-to-Follow up, or a "documented animal whose current location is unknown."
Records
Amos, African Male, SB 52
1964 - Birth, Africa
1967 - International Animal Exchange, Michigan
03 Mar 1967 - Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, Nebraska
07 Jun 1972 - International Animal Exchange, Michigan
Lost to follow-up
Paj, African Male, SB 53
1964 - Birth, Africa
1966 - International Animal Exchange, Michigan
03 Mar 1967 - Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, Nebraska
28 May 1986 - Death, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, Nebraska
For Further Information
>> Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
>> International Animal Exchange
>> Elephants of the Henry Doorly Zoo at ZooChat
The Henry Doorly Zoo relocated their last elephant in March 2011, closing their elephant exhibit and granting the area to white rhinos. Photo Courtesy of Squidoo.com
Update: 06/25/2015
Further information has surfaced regarding the disposition of Amos. According to his book "You're the Elephant Man," Frank Kinsey Evans picked up two lions and an African male elephant named Amos from the Omaha zoo. The three ton animal was transported in a modified plywood & steel rhino crate on a trailer pulled by pickup. He lost track of what became of Amos after 1976. Upon arrival to Lion Country Safari in Stockbridge, Georgia, the herd of animals was brought to 7 - one young male and four young female African elephants were new imports, in addition to Amos and another female Moja. Another former employee John Newburn remembers Amos from his time in Georgia. Newburn described him as a mild tempered male who spent most of the days following the park ranger around. Amos is still lost to follow-up after 1976.
Very anecdotally, I can tell you that my mother was a zoo docent in the 80s and told me that Paj was a mean one who loved to try and trap keepers between him and his pen.
ReplyDeleteAlso, when he died in 1986 they put his head in the lake near the elephant enclosure, let the koi pick it clean, then put it on display in the main pavilion building near the front. They weren't very up-front about the fact that it was Paj, as I recall.