Friday, May 04, 2012

"Colonel Joe" From Jerry Digney

VARGAS1 by bucklesw1
VARGAS1, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Sorry to hear of the death of the great elephant Colonel Joe--not sure how old he was, but I worked with him 30 years ago.

7 comments:

Wade G. Burck said...

The original, never duplicated Vargettes, Pam, Dione, Darlene, Vanessa, and Tracy. They were quite a sensation when they first hit the California coast in I believe 1980.

Wade Burck

Chic Silber said...

Of course there's the ever lovely

& sadly missed Dale Longmire

Timm said...

He should be born in 1964.

Harry Kingston said...

Wonder what Mr. V paid for Col. Joe.
Harry in Texas

Jim Zajicek said...

Plus Joe Pon, Paul Niebaur and Phil Shearer...

Roger Smith said...

I last saw Joe when I visited Rex Williams on Vargas, in about 1978. He was Kim Baer's favorite elephant to work with. Last I knew, Joe was on Krone. Does anyone have a date of death?

Jim Zajicek said...

Bob Kellogg says Howard Johnson bought "Dillenger" from the LA Zoo for $150 but stiffed the City ..