No part of this work, including text, look and feel, layout, be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means. Federal copyright law and international treaties. Questions? Contact us Design and Video by "Death2UR Productions Late 1980s that he abused zoo elephants while running anĮlephant and camel ride concession in Denver. Officials at the Denver ZooĬonfirm that Campbell was the target of complaints in the The elephant was shot 86 times before itĪutopsy revealed that he had cocaine and alcohol in his Honolulu, Hawaii, after attempting to save fellow co-workerĭallas Beckwith from the performing elephant "Tyke", which To death on August 20, 1994, at the Neal Blaisdell Center in Trainer Rex Williams and his life's ambition was to have aĬircus elephant act. He worked as anĮlephant consultant for many zoo's including the National HeĬontracted to run the elephant ride and provide a babyĮlephant mascot for the Denver zoo in 1986. Known to be a workaholic as many elephant men are. Rouge zoo by insisting that all of the elephants needed toīe fed and watered and their enclosure cleaned every nightĪs well as every day. He also ran the firstĮlephant ride there. Moving to work in the Baton Rouge zoo in the mid 1970s as and Barnum & Bailey Circus has only recently stopped using Elephants in their circus.(1953-August 20, 1994) was a zookeeper and elephant trainerĪnd handler in his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida before Circus of the Stars and Carson & Barnes still use exotic animals, including Elephants, in their shows today. While the Tyke incident challenged people around the world to think about our relationship to circus animals, many circuses such as the Kelly Miller Circus, UniverSoul Circus, Cole Bros. A circus spokesman recently told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that animals would be excluded from the shows, and PETA applauded the decision in a press release: In 2014, when the Moscow International Circus announced that it would perform in Honolulu with “wild animals”, activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals circulated a petition against it. No circus elephants have performed since Tyke, even though there is no prohibition against it. Twenty seven years later, witnesses still remember it vividly, and the attitude in Honolulu toward animal-driven circuses is distrusting. People watched aghast from their cars, apartments and the sidewalk. It was a foot chase between her and the Honolulu police, who eventually shot her 86 times before she succumbed to nerve damage and brain haemorrhages. Tyke went on to fatally crush her trainer, who was trying to intervene, before fleeing the arena herself.įor nearly 30 minutes, Tyke ran through the streets of the Kakaako neighborhood’s business district at rush hour, nearly trampling circus promoter Steve Hirano when he tried to fence her in. Panicked, audience members fled for the exits. They soon realized the supposed dummy was a severely injured groomer. “We thought it was part of the show,” one witness told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. On August 20, 1994, during the show, Tyke entered the ring at the Blaisdell Arena, kicking around what looked to audience members like a dummy. Tyke, a 20-year-old female African Elephant, was in Honolulu with Circus International. Mention “Tyke the Elephant” to anyone who lived in Honolulu 27 years ago and chances are they’ll shake their head and talk about what a dark moment it was in their city’s history. 20th August 1994: The day that tyke the elephant was shot 86 times!
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