Friday, May 11, 2012

From Chic Silber #1

URSULA1 by bucklesw1
URSULA1, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.


Hi Buckles

Although Jeannette is taller than Ursula was

these shots give an idea of the bears sizes

Chic

Posted by Buckles at 5/11/2012 05:48:00 AM

7 comments:

JC Hall said...

Ursela, and I believe the bears name is Alaska.

11 May, 2012 12:37
Chic Silber said...

This was 1 of the 4 tremendous guys

that did the march across the arena

Yes it was Alaska that took the

cube of sugar from her lips

Her partner was Manfred Horn

Ursula Bottcher died about a year

ago in her hometown of Dresden

11 May, 2012 14:48
Henry said...

This was her favored bear and he was just a bit over 3m tall standing straight up. He was moved to the zoo in Berlin after she stopped working and she visited him at least four or five times a year.

11 May, 2012 23:41
Chic Silber said...

Hi Henry sure hope you're doing OK

It's about an hour & a half by high

speed "ICE" train from Dresden to

Berlin & the zoo is a short metro

ride from Central Station

German transport really works well

Fantastic zoo in Berlin

12 May, 2012 09:58
Larry Louree said...

When Ursala was at Circus World, the Orlando Sentinel was going to do a piece on her in the Sunday Magazine. She was rehearsing the bears in the theater and the report and photog were there. We were all standing at the ring curb, right outside the cage (me, the two folks from the sentinel, and the two ladies from PR) Ursala had got the bears up into the pyramid pose they did and the big guy was at the peak of the stand. The stand was at the back side of the ring by the tunnel. She got all of them to stand up. I heard one of the guest doors open and turned to the right to see who came in and the photog was running away from the ring into the stands. I turned back to the ring and the big bear (probably Alaska) had moved very quickly form the top of the stand to right in front of me. He had taken offense in the camera lens protruding into "his" cage. The picture was great, made the cover of the sunday magazine. You could see the bear looking at the camera and a blink later he was standing there. Awesome creatures and a nice lady.

14 May, 2012 13:56
klsdad said...

Larry........

Photo... photo.. photo...

Please??

klsdad

14 May, 2012 16:20
Larry Louree said...

I'm not sure if I've still got the magazine cover or not. I'll have to check the file box when I get back home later this week. It was an honor to watch Ursala work her charges every day. They were such big bears and so nimble and lightning fast. Almost as enjoyable as watching Anna Mae and her capable trainers and presenters.

15 May, 2012 20:59

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