2006-07-18 - Concord, United States. SARAH LIEBOWITZ
Queenie was never an ordinary elephant. She water-skied, a talent that eluded her to Venezuela, Florida and New York City, where she appeared on The Tonight Show. In October, 38 years after Concord resident Elisabeth Dane bid her childhood pet a tearful goodbye, she tracked Queenie to a Valdosta, Ga., theme park. When Mercury Motors settled on a new slogan -"pulls an elephant, runs on peanuts"- Queenie was the model. She even found time to cultivate her artistic side; in her youth, she mastered ...
2006-07-09 - MUNISING, Michigan, United States. JOHN PEPIN
The Carson and Barnes Circus is in Munising Sunday. Lisa Wathne from PETA, (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) wanted to meet with Mayor Rod DesJardins. DesJardins dismissed Wathnes PETA organization as radical extremists with a bizarre philosophy that considers the life of an insect equal to the life of a human being, and he would not dignify the request.
2006-07-05 - Ortonville, Minnesota, United States. CHRISTINA SMITH
Ortonville, located about four miles west of Waukee, was named after Hiram Orton, who moved to the site in 1866. But Ortonville wasn't just any town, it was home to a traveling circus show that started in 1852. Orton purchased nearly 200 acres as the winter headquarters for the circus.
2006-06-24 - Salt Lake City, United States. Ellen Fagg
Sara Gruen's just-published Water for Elephants, a charming page-turner of a historical novel about a 93-year-old former veterinarian who recalls how he fell in love - with an animal tamer as well as an elephant named Rosie - when he ran away to join a traveling circus during the Depression.
2006-06-09 - Abington, United States. Max Bowen
After a two-year hiatus, Jewel and Tina are packing their trunks and heading back to Abington. The decision to bring back the two elephants is part of the Cole Bros. Circus continuous goal to make each years performance fresh and new, according to Renne Storey, vice president of administration for the circus. Since the elephants were removed from the roster in 2004, the circus has received much feedback from patrons who wanted them to come back."People were saying they really missed the ele...
2006-06-03 - NEW YORK, United States. DAVID CRARY
With their colorful headgear and repertoire of tricks, they're top-billed stars of The Greatest Show on Earth. But away from the arena, the Asian elephants used in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus are at the heart of perhaps the most bitter animal-care fight around, one that's dragged through court for six years already and is inching toward a trial. It's a heavyweight bout, pitting America's biggest circus against some of the most influential animal-welfare groups. Ringling insists...
2006-05-19 - LAKELAND, Florida, United States.
The center was funded by the Ringling Brothers Circus 1995. It serves as a place for their older elephants to retire or, start a family. It is the most diverse gene pool in North America, and the only self-sustaining elephant herd in North America. Some of the elephants born at the center will follow in their parents' footsteps and join the circus.
2006-03-01 - New York, United States.
Why do you have to walk through the Midtown Tunnel? Our circus train is too long and we are allowed to take up only so many feet of commuter train track. We would take up so many of the tracks that it just wouldn’t work out. How long is the trek? It’s about two and a half to three miles. The elephants already walk three miles daily to keep in shape, so this is no problem. Our oldest elephant, Mysore, is 58 years old, so even though she gets her daily exercise, we’ll d...
2006-02-06 - Masterton, New Zealand. NATHAN CROMBIE
Circus for sale – one iconic New Zealand travelling extravaganza with lions and clowns, monkeys and poodles, horses, acrobats and the only working African elephant this side of the equator - $1m or near offer. Wairarapa will see the last of the Whirling Bros Circus with owner and founder Tony Ratcliffe cracking the whip, following their final Masterton show at Queen Elizabeth Park tomorrow night.
2006-02-03 - Leesville, United States. WILL TUBBS
Nearly five tons of living, breathing pachyderm awaits visitors at the American All-Star Circus this weekend. Queeny the Elephant will perform in the three-ring circus and will be available for adults and children to ride. Queeny, who is 38 and lives outside Houston with her trainer, Will Davenport, hails from India and tips the scales at a svelte 9,860 pounds
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