Saturday, August 15, 2009

Carson & Barnes TV Special #4


DSC_1129, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Posted by Buckles at 8/15/2009 05:49:00 AM

4 comments:

Frank Ferrante said...

Buckles -

What do you think is the most difficult trick to teach and elephant and what is the most difficult trick for an elephant to perform? ~frank

16 August, 2009 00:53
Anonymous said...

Would appear by this photo sitting up straight on a tub is high on the difficult list.

16 August, 2009 10:39
Buckles said...

Elephants are like people and how they perform might depend not only on their intelligence but their physical structure.
I was always impressed by power tricks like one-foot stands and hind-leg walks which are better suited for lighter built elephants.
My dad preferred the Vaudeville routines like the barber shop and dinner table numbers,etc.
The difficulty factor varies from trainer to trainer.

16 August, 2009 15:40
Sophia Davenport said...

My brother, Will Davenport, is in danger of losing one of his elephants due to "lack of adequate vet care"(yes, this is a very nonfactual allegation: on July 10th Will had vets from around the country come to his property and run every test on Jewel including putting a camera down her throat to check her insides and all that proved was that she was healthy and that she had a semi-bad tooth that was going to need to be looked at again). However, the elephant is not sick. The USDA came out to his property (Leggett, Texas) to confiscate Jewel and found that they could not pick her up without a clean bill of health. Now we are sitting and waiting to see what angle they are going to take next. I would just like for you to find a place to post this web-site for your bloggers: http://www.polkcountytoday.com/elephant081509.html

I know that fighting the USDA is a losing battle; I'm just hoping that others, like my brother, are not going to have to deal with the lady that is behind the demise of his family.

16 August, 2009 16:57

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