tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124946123600699497.post7948108465756875349..comments2023-02-10T12:21:29.909-05:00Comments on ShowMe Elephants: The Father's Photographs - Brookfield Zoo IRyan Easleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06171719315020164074noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124946123600699497.post-48661864212003526542011-05-23T13:38:20.516-04:002011-05-23T13:38:20.516-04:00Thank you Andrew. If you have any pictures you wou...Thank you Andrew. If you have any pictures you would like to share, please email them to me at shomeetigers[at]yahoo.comRyan Easleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171719315020164074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124946123600699497.post-22810302167757359272011-05-22T16:14:54.287-04:002011-05-22T16:14:54.287-04:00Also I just want to add, as an avid elephant fan a...Also I just want to add, as an avid elephant fan and zoo fan, I frequent Broofield often. I'm both a member and my family currently works in the gift shops there. I have spent a good part of the last 10 or so years learning as much as I can about the zoo, so would be happy to ( try) to answer any questions on the elephants.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967017520037849088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124946123600699497.post-74488829935718524212011-05-20T08:58:20.986-04:002011-05-20T08:58:20.986-04:00Over the years it varied. There are pictures of t...Over the years it varied. There are pictures of them together from the early late 50-early 60s , but I believe they were kept seperate mostly. I don't really remember. I'm in my early 20s so I barely even remember the Asians.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967017520037849088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124946123600699497.post-22533527532757692062011-05-14T19:09:09.056-04:002011-05-14T19:09:09.056-04:00Thank you Andrew. Can you tell us if the Asians an...Thank you Andrew. Can you tell us if the Asians and Africans were kept separate or together?Ryan Easleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171719315020164074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124946123600699497.post-83119556590339615932011-05-14T17:05:53.263-04:002011-05-14T17:05:53.263-04:00Radar,
The zoo stopped exhibiting Asians in the ea...Radar,<br />The zoo stopped exhibiting Asians in the early 90s. Since then it has been specifically Africans. They no longer have elephants as Affie died in 2009 leaving Christy by herself. Another African, Joyce, was brought in only to be left alone a few months later after Christy's early death due to a congenital kidney disease. Joyce was sent to another facility and they are currentlyAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967017520037849088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124946123600699497.post-49900694887710028112011-04-23T12:28:27.150-04:002011-04-23T12:28:27.150-04:00Thank you for the note, Wade. I did not know the P...Thank you for the note, Wade. I did not know the Pachyderm Building was originally designed without the graphics. As ridiculous as the "natural enclosure" appears, I appreciate the view more than the barren concrete walls of many other facilities with public viewing. I am surprised the St. Louis Zoo did not make the same attempt with their barn that they did with the animal arena.<br />Ryan Easleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171719315020164074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124946123600699497.post-13873081532290180812011-04-23T09:17:05.697-04:002011-04-23T09:17:05.697-04:00Radar,
Nice pictures of the interior. I rememb...Radar,<br /> Nice pictures of the interior. I remember when Brookfield made the attempt, feeble, but an attempt none the less at "naturalness" and "softening the barren jail" look of the indoor pen's with the Acacia tree's and the rolling Vermont landscape on the walls, and the fallen logs across the front's instead of angle iron barriers. The only thing they Wade G. Burckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571436947092846458noreply@blogger.com