| I was moving things around the other day and came across this beautiful calendar. I'm at a loss as to who it came from, probably Don Covington or Erik Jaeger. |
Monday, April 07, 2008
Circus Krone 1995 Calendar #1 (Front Cover)
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Buckles,
You are right. This was probably one of the neatest posters Krone or any circus printed(next to the ones Ringling did in 1984 with the white tigers.) To see it full size along side the women on a white school horse on the walls of the Krone Bau was magnificent.
Wade Burck
Circus Krone now has white lions. Trainer Martin Lacey started with a male, King Tonga, and then added two other white lions, Diamond and Princess. The website for Circus Krone is in German. They have an English website also, but it is not up to date. The lions apparently come from a lion farm owned by a Saudi Prince. All the information that I have is from a website about white lions and white tigers at http://www.siteworld.de/Ilonas-Wild-Cats/
Mary Ann Howell
Mary Ann,
Hello. Circus Gobius is Romania also has white lions, and white tigers. Martin Jr. and I saw them when they were yearling/2 year olds being prepared for an act.
Regards,
Wade Burck
Mary Ann,
Are you sure that is the right link? Also there is a place in Africa called Canga Wildlife Center. They promote their new white lion cubs, Tribe and Sindile as being rare, BLONDE, and beautiful. Must be careful with the white lions.
Regards,
Wade Burck
Hi Wade!
Yes, that is the right link. When you get to the main page, first you have to click on the British flag to bring up the English version, since it is in German. Then Scroll all the way down, and near the bottom in the left column, click on Zirkus Krone. When you get there, again click on the British flag for English. There you will see a picture of Martin Lacey with King Tonga, and read the brief story. King Tonga is very beautiful, with creamy off-white fur and blue eyes. As a white lion/white tiger groupie, I have seen white lions in all shades from pure white as cubs to pale beige, and everything in between, including blonde and champagne. I have also seen eye color from gold to gold-grey-green to clear blue. As with the white tigers, I try to find out their names and genealogies, but it is not always possible.
Sincerely,
Mary Ann
Mary Ann,
Thank you. But even if I click on the British Flag, Historically speaking, I still won't understand much. LOL Your wording creamy-off white sound's like a patch. In the equine world it is called cremelo or champaign. Add that to blonde, and it still doesn't make WHITE. Those blue eyes you reference. What was the skin/pad color. As I said, must be careful with "white" lions. Otherwise we are talking color variations of Siamese cats and tabbys.
Best wishes,
Wade Burck
Hi Wade!
I would think that working in the circus world for years, you would be used to that kind of English. LOL My grandmother was from Europe, and although she has been gone for decades, I can still remember some of the phrases she used. I honestly don't know what color the skin and paw pads of the white/blonde/champagne/beige lions are.
Sincerely,
Mary Ann
Mary Ann,
Not the kind of Queens English I'm talking about. I'm talking "cute and charming" to a "fish mongers wife" in the snap of a finger. I bet the skin isn't pink. If it was they wouldn't be blonde/champagne/cremello/or beige or any variation of.
Stay in touch, your friend,
Wade Burck
Hi Wade!
Ilona has a link to the Cango Wildlife Ranch that you mentioned, with pictures of Tribe and Sindile. They are adorable! Here is the link
http://www.cango.co.za/diary.htm
http://www.cango.co.za/whitelions.htm
They also have white tigers
http://www.cango.co.za/bengaltiger.htm
Thanks. Please keep in touch also.
Sincerely,
Mary Ann
Hello Mr burck i just found a Youtube clip about the act you saw at Circus Gobius the link is www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lDpLy2rGs0 Now i am not expert on this, just a circusfan but this looks like an attack on the trainer. i would like to haer your expert view on this clip.
Regards A circusfan from the Netherlands
This doesn't look like an attack to me, although I am not the expert. It looks like a lion being stubborn or difficult. Wade, are lions more difficult to work with than tigers?
Mary Ann Howell
Circus fan from the Netherlands,
Thank you for the download from Circus Globus. Boy is that some scary stuff. Been there done that too many times.
If you mean attack in the sense, the trainer went down and the lion mauled him, no.
If you mean attack in the sense, did the lion hook/claw him, probably. I don't see how he could have missed.
If you mean attack in the sense, that it was a trained "bounce", and a part of the show. No, and I will bet you a box of Amsterdam chocolates it wasn't part of the show. If it was this guy is a fabulous showman.
If you mean attack in the sense, the lion went through all the motions, and only the lions nature of "thinking twice about it" stopped him. Definitely yes.
You will note the lion was confused as to where his seat was for a moment, initially jumping on and sitting on the prop pushed in his direction. As soon as he saw his seat, he went right to it.
Technically, it was a lions "bluff". As it initially occurred in front of the exit door, the lion may have wanted to go out, and was refusing to move away from the door.
I would also assume it was a one time occurrence. If it happens every show, I hope they are paying the trainer a lot of bani and lei.
Martin Jr. and I watched a training session when these lions and tigers were younger, and it was the most unusual, unorthodox thing I had ever seen.
Have you had the pleasure of seeing Martin Jr. perform? He and his brother Alex, both are superb performers and have great trained "bounces" in their act's.
Best wishes, and stay in touch,
Wade Burck
wburck3@aol.com
Mary Ann,
Read my post. They will "attack" when they are being "stubborn". LoL
No, they are no harder or easier then tigers. Both species have "quirks" that are genetically hardwired into there psyche, and those "quirks" have to be understood, and dealt with accordingly.
Best wishes,
Wade Burck
When you refer to "WHITE" animals would you mean "ALBINO" or just white. We do have Albino white horses, such as Don Anderson stable with the Pink skin and then we have other breeds of white with normal skin. However I have seen and have even had myself Albino Equine that in fact had a blond colored hair and not pure white, even tho they had pink Albino skin. So are the new specie of White Tigers that seem to have become Common of the Albino strain, and, or, are the white lions also Alobino. Over the years it seems once in awhile an Albino shows up in human and animal. I personally knew aperson who was Albino. Kinko the famous circus clown. With his snow white hair and pink skin it was extremely difficult for him to be exposed to bright sun and wore covering clothing and sun glasses. We find that to be true with equine as well, but once again I state not all Albinos have pure white hair, even tho they nhave pink skin. It seems the genes have carried thru with the Andersos and they hve been breeding Albino horses.
Cremello
Cremello is a color of horse consisting of a cream-colored body with a cream or white mane and tail. It is the result of "double dilution" on a red (chestnut base coat. This means, that the horse is homozygous for the creme gene, also know as a dilution gene. Such horses have pink skin, blue eyes, are a light cream when born, but can fade to almost white as an adult.
Cremello horses are not albino: their eyes are blue or brown, whereas a true albino would have red eyes, and true albinism is a lethal trait in horses. Cremello's are also not true white horses, which have a pure white coat from birth with brown or blue eyes and pink skin, but no dilution factor.
Eye color: double dilutes usually have blue eyes (unlike brown eyes of a gray horse or some white horses). Some palominos are born with light eyes, along with pink skin, which darken within a couple weeks of birth.
The creme gene is an "incomplete dominant" gene, which means that it is expressed even when there is only one copy of the gene--it is dominant--but it expresses itself even more when there are two copies (one from each parent).
It is very important to note that the creme gene only makes the horse's color lighter, but does not remove it, even when there are two present. They cannot make a horse an actual albino; it will always have pigment in it skin, hair and eyes. The only truly pink skin and white hair on a horse will be its markings, if any.
Also, genes that cause albinism in other mammals are "recessive" genes, meaning they will not be expressed unless the animal gets 2 copies of the gene. The carriers of the "recessive" gene will not show any characteristics of the gene. In contrast, Creme genes are "incomplete dominant" genes, meaning they cannot be "hidden". A horse with one copy of the Creme gene will exhibit characteristics of that gene (i.e. palomino, buckskin coloring.) And thus far, research has not been able to find any albinos, or even albino genes, in the horse world!
Circus Fan in.....
I cannot offer any "expert" opinion on this "act", nor I am sure, could the trainer pictured in the video. I will suggest if this act were to ever make a trip to the USA, it would surely open and close the same night.
I composed a long list of errors this man makes, starting with going in the cage, but could never type them all. Though I am no expert by any stretch, I have been foolish enough to end up in similar situations several times in my cat training career, and one word will sum up most this mans problems. CONFUSION on the part of the lions, and more importantly, on his part. He yells seat (platz) to the cat for 30 seconds, then changes his mind and tells it something else. I would assume if at that point you told the guy calling his mother would get the lion on it's seat, he would have produced a cell phone from his tights.
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