Bill Snyder

William Snyder (May 31, 1864 – April 26, 1934) was the head keeper at the Central Park Zoo where he instituted a system of animal swaps with other zoos. Biography He was born on May 31, 1864, in Pine Plains, New York, to Christopher Snyder and Eliza Millis. He had trained elephants at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. In 1903 he purchased Hattie, the elephant from Carl Hagenbeck and trained her for the Central Park Zoo. Hattie was named after Snyder's daughter. He died on April 25, 1934, in Pine Plains, New York.