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A Blog designed for discussion of topics related to, but not limited to, Circus, Zoos, Animal Training, and Animal Welfare/Husbandry. Sometimes opening up the dialog is the best starting point of all. And if for nothing else when people who agree and don't agree, get together and start discussing it, it will open up a lot of peoples minds. Debate and discussion even amongst themselves opens a window where there wasn't one before.
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Thanks, Nice looking animals, well fed and still work. Anybody have a photos of their housing? I'll bet it's first rate too. I'm even impressed with the basketballs -- I was alway on the search for old ABA balls w/o logos.
Jim,
I emailed a fellow animal trainer I met years ago, who now has a sea lion act, specifically Patagonian sea lions, and has his act in Spain. I asked about the water filtration/drainage logistics with new fangled filters. This is his reply:
hi wade here in europe you have3kinds of sealion acts patagonian-south
african-californian both the mayority are patagonian i dont now wich kind is
easye to train i have worked onley with patagonian both other sealion trainers
have said for us in circus the best are patagonian they are like a working horse
were the other two are much more hyper and like to bite the water is not such a
big problem in the winter with the water-filter the water wont freese completly
so you just take the ice bloks out thewater and with the filter you can keep the
water much longer than before now in madrid for about 5-7weeks and in the sommer
2-3 weeks to empty the big pool will take up to 8hours the others 3-4hours to
fill up the big one about 24hours the other 2 6-8hours
Gary
RE: Patagonian and California sea lions.
I think the only two Patagonian sea lions in the U.S. are owned by Marco Peters. A zoo in Canada (I think Edmonton) did have a small breeding group. Talking with trainers who have worked with Patagonians, they are quiet animals and rarely bite. When they get excited they just stop and don't move -- as opposed to Californias that will snap and scram. Probably the best known Patagonian(s) in the U.S. were Roby Gasser's Adolph(s) that was the understander for Roby's handstand and much more. (I believe Gasser used two different animals while he was here.) Patagonians can also "walk" standing straight up on their hind flippers;e.g., Marco Peters "dancing" sea lion and others. They're great animals that I wish we had in more collections.
Nothing against Califonia sea lions. We've seen them perform some amazing behaviors -- and they put two girls through college and let me retire to Florida, I love'm.
Wade and Jim,
Marco Peters and his Squalus crew now have nine animals, 2 Cali and 7 Patagonians. They also have 3 units now, 2 touring and one at Branson, Missouri. Unit 2 was at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum Summer Fair back in July and I drove over to visited with Jessica and Kevin Zimmer. Vey nice folks with a fantastic set up. They gave me a copy of thier promo video that I can copy for you both if you like. springbok5000@yahoo.com
Forgot to mention to the myspace fans, Squalus has a page. www.myspace.com/sealionsplash.
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