Tuesday, October 02, 2007

BEE & GYP AFRICAM MEXICO #1 (From Robert Cox)


BEE & GYP AFRICAM MEXICO 001, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

BUCKLES... THIS IS BEE AND GYP IN AFRICAM IN PUEBLA, MEXICO...ONE OF THEM DIED BUT I DONT KNOW WHICH. BOB COX

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have photos of the remaining cow from the Zacango Zoologico where she is. Will dig them out and Mr.Buckles can identify her. I know Mr.Ramirez, the gent who made a lot of head pieces for elephants, also presented a lot of critters; cats, elephants and the lot and a long time friend who was around the cows at the safari park.Also Johnny Lamb's gorilla is there. An adult now. Quite a big boy the last time I saw him.

DanKoehl said...

This is confirmed at this page:

http://www.zoonews.ws/IZN/298/IZN-298.htm

is written about two asian bulls, Ted (tusker) and Ramos (tuskless), and the cow, Bee, living in Zoológico Zacango, Toluca, All three were donations from a Mexican circus.

Apart from Bee, any ideas about their origin?

DanKoehl said...

I belive Africam has a female called Jeep, Which sounds almost like Gyp, maybe she is still alive?

On this film theres three females:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bEsL77pkSs

DanKoehl said...

Bee died 28th of April, 2010.

Seems her age may be exaggurated, but reports tell she was 70 years?

Read more: Bee (Burma) at Toluca Zoo

Buckles said...

She wasn't much over 50. Started out with Tony Gentry in California around 1960.
When asked, if you don't know, follow my example and say 102, it sounds more authoritative.

Chic Silber said...

If this is the same Bee from

the Beatty show I believe that

she was around 15 or 16 in the

mid 70s so that would be right

DanKoehl said...

Seems Gyp is still living, according to this article from october 2010:

http://africamsafarizoo.blogspot.com/2010/10/feliz-cumpleanos-yeap.html