tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post3592326320790719547..comments2024-03-16T16:21:55.763-05:00Comments on The Circus "NO SPIN ZONE": Tusko World Jungle CompoundCasey McCoy Cainanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611037918797096687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-4178835714686423392013-01-07T09:51:36.811-06:002013-01-07T09:51:36.811-06:00These two are definitely not the same animals. Ban...These two are definitely not the same animals. Bandwagon's elephant census, published in 1960, lists both:<br /><br />TUSKO ( BIMBO ), Indian<br />1951-1959 - World Jungle Compound, Thousand Oaks, California from India<br /><br />TUSKO, Indian Male<br />1959 - Diano Bros. Circus<br /><br />I cannot find any more information about the California kid, other than a feature on Art Baker's "You Asked For It!" broadcast in 1955. Emma and Tusko of the World Jungle Compound were featured with Mel Koontz.<br /><br />More information is given for the latter in the May/June 1962 issue of Bandwagon. Tony Diano purchased Tusko & Betty from the Bronx Zoo in 1952. Both were part of the 13 elephant herd on the Cristiani Bros. Circus in 1958. The 1961, Tusko was sold to Bob Atterbury and to the zoo the same year.<br /><br />I am confused about the Tusko / Bimbo connection with the name as cited in the Bandwagon Census. Did this elephant have something to do with the Bimbo on Kay Bros. Circus in 1962, DeWayne Bros. Circus in 1969 or the Bimbo Geraldine Mosley purchased in 1969?Ryan Easleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171719315020164074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-20004965587103719522013-01-05T15:17:42.830-06:002013-01-05T15:17:42.830-06:00This could well be Norman Tyndall, brother of chip...This could well be Norman Tyndall, brother of chip trainer Henry who was know for his movie chimps. Norman, as I recall preferred camels. Also,I'll bet this was but a PR shot,Tom Wildshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295303417992225178noreply@blogger.com