William Buckles Woodcock Jr., an elephant trainer who says in a column that his family owned the circus, has written about the incident. The enraged elephant tried to crush Newton as well but it was a snowy day and the muddy ground saved the trainer. He then raged toward the stunned trainer, and bit (his tusks had been removed) and stomped two ponies that were in the way, killing both. Hero picked him up and tossed him 30 feet. Newton, allegedly drunk thanks to some Brookings bootleggers, reportedly flogged the giant beast. Hero may also have been feeling, well, a tad randy.Įither way, he was in no mood to be messed with. By all accounts I have heard and read, Hero was weary of abuse and ill-treatment at the hands of his trainer, Henry Newton. Hero the Elephant (seen above in an image from Buckles Blog ) was a 9-foot-tall, 5-ton Asian elephant and a featured performer in the circus. Jimmy, who was around 20, was there when an elephant, and all hell, broke loose. On May 14, 1916, the Orton Brothers Circus came to town. Jimmy grew up in and around Elkton, a small Brookings County town near the Minnesota state line. Jimmy had one claim to fame: He was one of the few people who had fired shots at a rogue elephant rampaging through South Dakota. He was a smiling Irishman who loved a good story, knew his way around a deck of cards and cherished his wife Sadie. Jimmy was a kind man, funny, wise and quick with a dime when kids appreciated such a gift. My great-uncle Jimmy Lavin was involved, as has been passed down in my family lore. and Barnum & Bailey ceased using elephants in “The Greatest Show on Earth” a few years ago, which made me think of South Dakota’s lone elephant hunt.
The film is a heartbreaking reminder of what circus elephants endure, despite what the industry portrays to its audiences. She escaped and made her way to the busy city streets, where she ultimately was gunned down in a hail of bullets. She went on a rampage, injuring a groom and killing her trainer before an arena filled with horrified spectators. Then, on August 20, 1994, while performing at an arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, Tyke reached her breaking point. Three months later, in North Dakota, she attacked a circus employee. There were warning signs that it was not safe for her to continue performing: At a circus in Pennsylvania, she ran off through a parking lot. She was hauled around the country, chained for up to 22 hours a day and repeatedly beaten in what was ultimately a futile effort to make her submit. Tyke’s story is similar to that of other elephants forced to perform inane acts for human entertainment and commercial gain. Her tale is recounted through historical footage and interviews with people who knew her, including those who worked around her and those who sought to protect her and her fellow pachyderms. In 1973, a very young Tyke was wrested from her family in Mozambique and brought to the United States, where she was subjected to training by the Hawthorn Corporation and rented out to circuses. This riveting documentary tells the tragic story of Tyke, a wild elephant forced to live within the confines of circus life and perform tricks.
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