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| Circus Report 08/22/1977, p. 13 |
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
St. Louis Zoo / Audubon Zoo
A fascinating news clip in an August 1977 Circus Report documents the transfer of two elephants from New Orlean's Audubon Park Zoo to the St. Louis Zoo.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Postcard Press - St Louis Zoo II
The following postcard is postmarked 1923, depicting the former elephant house of the St. Louis Zoo.
Photo 1, St Louis Zoo, 1920s
Courtesy of EBay
Courtesy of EBay
Saturday, January 8, 2011
"For elephants that miss the circus cut, Florida becomes home"
By Leonora LaPeter Anton, Times Staff Writer
Posted: Jan 08, 2011 01:34 PM
"Angelica, the pregnant one, is grabbing the lock of her paddock with her trunk. Fortysomething Sid, the diva, is hanging with Aree, the young one who can't concentrate. A few pens over, Mala is ready to make babies, so she's been put together with Romeo.
These are the Asian elephants who were left behind. The ones who didn't make the Greatest Show on Earth, which concludes its stop in Tampa on Sunday.
Thirty-three of Ringling Bros.' Asian elephants live here, off a two-lane road in Polk County, at the Center for Elephant Conservation. The oldest is 66. The youngest, 8 months.
At the circus inside the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa this weekend, amid the splash of lights, the loud music, the glittery costumed performers, the chosen ones will parade trunk-to-tail through the Big Top.
But here, in the winter-drab fields of middle Florida, are those that didn't quite make it — they're too old, too young or too distracted. They are the largest herd of Asian elephants in the western hemisphere."
>> http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/for-elephants-that-miss-the-circus-cut-florida-becomes-home/1144377
Posted: Jan 08, 2011 01:34 PM
"Angelica, the pregnant one, is grabbing the lock of her paddock with her trunk. Fortysomething Sid, the diva, is hanging with Aree, the young one who can't concentrate. A few pens over, Mala is ready to make babies, so she's been put together with Romeo.
These are the Asian elephants who were left behind. The ones who didn't make the Greatest Show on Earth, which concludes its stop in Tampa on Sunday.
Thirty-three of Ringling Bros.' Asian elephants live here, off a two-lane road in Polk County, at the Center for Elephant Conservation. The oldest is 66. The youngest, 8 months.
At the circus inside the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa this weekend, amid the splash of lights, the loud music, the glittery costumed performers, the chosen ones will parade trunk-to-tail through the Big Top.
But here, in the winter-drab fields of middle Florida, are those that didn't quite make it — they're too old, too young or too distracted. They are the largest herd of Asian elephants in the western hemisphere."
>> http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/for-elephants-that-miss-the-circus-cut-florida-becomes-home/1144377
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Chipperfield at Harringay Arena, Part I
This photograph was found during research of the June 2011 ShowMe Elephants post, "Jim Stockley Collection - Chipperfields 1956." The post has garnered over 70 comments relating to the 1947/1948 import of elephants from Ceylon by the Chipperfield circus family, what became of these elephants and the eight elephants sold to Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus for their 1963/1964 European Tour.
>> Jim Stockley Collection - Chipperfields 1956," ShowMe Elephants, 06/12/2011
>> Jim Stockley Collection - Chipperfields 1956," ShowMe Elephants, 06/12/2011
"Blackie, baby elephant of the Harringay Circus, arches an appreciative trunk as Mae West comes up to see him at the end of the performance. Miss West was appearing in London in her own play, January 15th 1948."
Courtesy of Hugh, HarringayOnline.com
Courtesy of Hugh, HarringayOnline.com
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