Ursula Bottcher #3

2010-03-06-bottcher7, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Ursula Böttcher at Circus Busch Roland in 1990 with the polar bears On September 21, 1990, the Kodiaks attacked and seriously injured Manfred Horn, who died the following month, on October 23. Ursula worked alone for a time before finding a new assistant, Jacob Krebs. After two seasons at Circus Richter in 1997 and 1998, she returned to Circus Busch Roland in 1999 with the remaining six bears of her group.