Merry Christmas - Dickerson Park Zoo

"26 year-old Pinky with her calf Kate, born July 26,1991"
Courtesy of R Easley

Glen Oak Zoo - Dona

Found your site while researching this same subject for a Facebook group on Peoria. I have a postcard of a baby elephant standing with a trainer, the back of which is printed with the following:

"A recent addition here at Glen Oak
is Dona the Baby elephant
She's learning some tricks for her
very own show, a really outstanding event.
Glen Oak Park Zoo
Peoria, Illinois"

Grant's Farm - Weigh In

From "Bud and Mickey" on Facebook:

After keepers recalibrated the scales: I (Bud) weighed in at 14,880 lbs......thats almost 7 and a half Clydesdales!!! Couple more pounds and maybe I can pull that beer wagon.

"Bud on the scale - broke it! Need to recalibrate the digital readout!"
Courtesy of "Bud and Mickey" on Facebook

Carson & Barnes Circus - Connie and Nellie

This news article dated April 3, 1980, documents the injuries sustained by female Asian elephants Connie and Nellie in a hay fire caused by a welding accident.

Photographs from the Son - Hank

The Columbus Zoo announced this week they received a new breeding bull under advisement of the Species Survival Plan. The 23 year old Asian elephant arrived from Riddle's Elephant Sanctuary in Arkansas on December 8.

Hank, Riddle's Elephant Sanctuary, June 2006
Courtesy of R Easley

Bill Reynolds Collection - Carson and Barnes Circus

Wade Burck recently posted an article dated August 4, 1975, discussing the escape of two juvenile Asian elephants, Lilly and Isa, from Carson and Barnes Circus winter quarters in Hugo, Oklahoma.

Bill Reynolds graciously shares a photograph from his collection featuring a portion of the Carson and Barnes herd of Asian elephants in 1981.

"I like this one because Obert is in it."
Courtesy of B Reynolds

King Brothers Circus - Mery

The large female African elephant pictured is named Mery, according to her handler Juan Carlos Bresciani Ruiz.

Courtesy of J Ruiz