Monday, December 27, 2010

"Tusko" and Slim Lewis #7


Scan00000010072, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Unidentified party wrote on the back:

"Last Days of Tusko- Portland, Oregon
Black streaks on temples are secretion flowing from vents during
Musth period."


"Seems an odd time to take his hardware off, even the martingale is hanging free"

Buckles

Posted by Buckles at 12/27/2010 05:54:00 AM

4 comments:

Wade G. Burck said...

Buckles,
You are right, it is an odd time to give him his head. I am wondering if it was by choice, or "something" broke?
Wade Burck

27 December, 2010 11:47
Darryl said...

Or maybe tusko decided to undress himself.

29 December, 2010 17:41
Redphone said...

If this is in Portland, Tusko busted out of his building and went walkabout on Christmas. I wonder if this is the time of that photograph. These are fantastic images - are these from "I Loved Rogues?" Thank you for posting them. There is a painting of Slim Lewis on Tusko in the Elephant Museum at the Oregon Zoo, but it is closing this week. His bones were donated to the University of Oregon by Slim Lewis, and a small Slim Lewis file exists at the zoo archive as well. Slim adored Tusko and so do we, the frist Oregonian elephant.

23 January, 2013 17:37
GaryHill said...

Redbone, can you post any current pictures of the New Tusko? Send them to buckles and I bet he will post them...Buckles broke him at Circus World and I worked him at the Sanford Zoo for a small time...

23 January, 2013 19:09

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