2008-06-19 - Daniel's Harbour, Canada.
The owner of three circus animals stranded in Daniel's Harbour, Nfld., when the truck carrying them overturned wants to say thanks to the community for its help. Mike Hackenberger has donated $4,000 toward the cost of a new playground in the name of Limba, the elephant. The huge pachyderm was in the back of the truck along with two camels when the vehicle overturned on Sunday morning. There were no serious injuries and the animals were put up in an abandoned garage equipped with wood shavings an...
2008-06-16 - Baraboo, United States. Brian D. Bridgeford
The audience clapped and cheered Sunday as circus performers swung high above the ring or juggled large barrels with their feet in Circus World Museum's first day open after flooding threatened the museum grounds. With a few exceptions, most of the museum escaped the flooding without being damaged, he said. Museum staff members put up a barrier of sandbags to protect the historic elephant building, and its drains were able to handled any leakage that got in.
2008-06-08 - St. Louis, United States. Daniel Durchholz
Circus Flora is named after Flora the elephant, who formerly performed but is now retired at the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennesee. The show still features animal acts. This edition includes a group of large horses used for bareback riding stunts and well as miniature horses trained by Lisa Dufresne. There's also a herd of goats that perform a humorous turn led by trainer Carlos Svenson.
2008-06-08 - Wakeeney, United States. Tim Unruh
Two spooked elephants on the loose capped a day of severe weather here Thursday and led to the cancellation of a circus, said Trego County Sheriff Richard Schneider. The pachyderms were preparing to perform with the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus at the Trego County Fairgrounds when tornado sirens sounded. The sirens are believed to have caused the elephants to bolt from their tethers, Schneider said.
2008-06-05 - Wichita, United States.
Two elephants that broke loose from a traveling circus are back in custody in Kansas. The elephants were apparently spooked by severe weather that moved across the state today and got out of their enclosures. They wandered into the town of WaKeeney. One ended up in a resident's backyard less than a mile from the Trego County Fairgrounds. It was blocked off by fire trucks until its trainers could coax it onto a truck. The second elephant was tranquilized in another resident's backyard, coaxed int...
2008-05-13 - Sault Ste. Marie , United States.
Viola is just one of the main attractions that the Garden Bros Circus will showcase during four Sault Ste. Marie shows Tuesday and Wednesday at the Steelback Centre. Viola and her mates were outback enjoying a meal of hay Tuesday afternoon, just hours before the show. "She's the largest performing female elephant in the world" Ian Garden, President and Ringmaster of Garden Bros. Circus."She tips the scales at 11,000 pounds"
2008-05-11 - Warkworth, New Zealand. TIM HUME
The observation that pets often resemble their owners is perhaps an unkind way to begin a story about an elephant keeper. But for Tony Ratcliffe and his beloved African elephant Jumbo, inseparable for 30 years, the comparison seems unavoidable.
2008-04-28 - Bangor, United States. Anne Ravana
An elephant grazing on hay outside the Bangor Auditorium caused drivers to do a double take as they drove down Buck Street on Friday afternoon. The Anah Temple’s 45th annual Shrine Circus was in town for the weekend and drew thousands of families to its Friday, Saturday and Sunday performances. Ringmaster Charley Van Buskirk, in a red velvet tuxedo with tails, returned to lead his 37th Bangor show, which featured 12 acts and performers from around the world. About 4,000 people attended Saturda...
2008-04-19 - Lodz, Poland.
Officers from the Municipal Police encountered a herd of elephants walking around the premises of the Registrar's Office in Lodz, central Poland, this morning. It turned out that the animals belonged to a circus whose members were at the time putting up a tent for their shows. The owner claimed that the elephants were docile and that they did not pose any threat to the people around them. However, the municipal police still sealed off the premises to prevent the elephants from walking into the s...
2008-03-20 - Abington, United States. Mikaela Slaney
The show must go on. And now with the recent rejection of a bill last week that would have prohibited the use of elephants in traveling circuses, the Cole Brothers Circus will continue performances in Abington as it always has. If the bill had passed, opponents said it would have effectively banned circuses in the commonwealth after 80 years of performances. Bill supporters claimed elephants that perform in circuses have been beaten, chained and confined to dangerously small living areas. The Co...
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