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Friday, December 3, 2010

Deer Barn--Dunham Massey, Trafford, Manchester.

This is a verified animal structure, from the 1700's. Below is a link to an entertaining, architectural look at the Deer Barn.

THE DEER BARN - CUBE : Centre for the Urban Built Environment ...

Deer Barn--Dunham Massey, Trafford, Manchester

This building is purported to be a deer barn on a former Durham Massey estate. I can't seem to find anything about it, and what strikes me as odd is that it almost looks like two two structures that have been put together at some point in time. If you split it down the middle, there a two window's on the left and three on the right. The portals over the two doors are also different which is odd. Does anybody have any more information about this historic, supposed animal building

Dunham Massey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Circus Berolina--2009

These are the last of a group of photos, courtesy of our friend, Vincent Manero of the animal act's on East German Circus Berolina in 2009. To view the other photo's in this set, type Circus Berolina in the search bar above on the left. Possibly our friends from across the wet bit can identify the presenters for us.

Mystic Warrior/Domino--Circus NoSpin reruns

A lot of you readers who have been around for the "duration" may recall one of Circus NoSpins more memorable "debates", involving coat color. One such discussion involved the horse above and below as a colt. Here is a link to to the thread:

The Circus "NO SPIN ZONE": Oh oh!!! The bad new's "Grey Gene" has ...

Note at 5:17 of the clip above. That is Mystic Warrior, now Domino matured.

Josip Marcan--Frankfurt am Main--1965

When ever my "friends" start busting my chops about how goofy I looked 30 years ago in my GGW drag, all I have to do is look vintage pictures of Josip Marcan, and I think, "you gotta be kidding me." Nobody could have looked as goofy as this Ricky Ricardo Cuban drug dealer gigolo looking candy ass Italian shoe wearing Marcan. Come on, really...... But the amazing thing is, my friend Josip went from this, to a Gunga Din turban, to a Quo Vadis skirt, to being one of the greatest wild animal trainers of my generation.

Make sure you double click on this set of photo's, to get the full impact of Adonis.

Josip Marcan--Frankfurt am Main--1965

Josip Marcan--Frankfurt am Main--1966

Courtesy of Josip Marcan

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Lion Rescue.co.uk, The Wild Animal Sanctuary, Born Free? Are they different, or are they on the same page?

Yorkshire Wildlife Park-Lion Rescue.co.uk

The Wild Animal Sanctuary

Born Free

Listen closely starting at 1:00 when Mr. Travis makes it crystal clear what Born Free's agenda is, so as not to be mistaken for a "dry science" organization.

Steve Robinson--They look the same to me. Except on has a lion sitting on top, and one doesn't.

Steve said...

Mate - have another stab at your atlas. The Ebor Falls in NSW look nothing like this!!

December 2, 2010 1:43 PM

Three of these 18 lions are in the "wilds of Africa."

For Steve Robinson--I believe it is all about "perception", and the agenda you are wanting to push through.

Cramped: One of the small cages in Oradea Zoo, western Romania, where the lions were being kept, is how this picture is captioned. Any photo's of the lion building, inside or out, in Yorkshire are going to be very hard to come by. Their agenda is freedom, big, big open plains, ideally in the wild, never again to suffer the hell of captivity. Some in our industry Steve, would claim that, "remove the panel that is laying against the wall, and that is a heck of an exercise cage." We both know some who wouldn't bother removing the panel. If I didn't know better, I would think the above photo was taken at a place where I spent much of my career, which was revered in our industry as "one of the greatest in the world." I removed all the "walls" from 5 20'X20' cages, so that I could put 10 animals in one 20'X100' cage, as it has been proven that the best exercize is a straight run, complete with stock tanks for bathing. I was severly chastized for that action, and the "walls" were put back up, so that 1, 2, or 3 could be kept in a 20'X20' side by side. I have forgotten how many tails were lost or damaged over the years. In regards to the "straight run," it has been learned through scientific study that lunging/conditioning/working young horse's under the age of two in a traditional "round pen" of a standard 40' size, can and will sometimes damage joints, tendons, and ligaments. The trend now is to "free lunge" young horses by chasing them up and down a pasture or large paddock, staying away from the torque of a round pen. Some round pens have been "adapted" with two straight walls, and two curved walls to avoid any problems. As no studies have ever been done on anything other then equine, a concerned individual has to wonder if leg problems from running in a 40' circle is "exclusive" to only young equine, or is there a possiblity it is also damaging to young felines, elephants, camels, etc. etc?

The lion above is named Johnny Senior, and is reported by Oradea zoo staff to have been born in 1983, which would make him 27 years old. Longevity and old age is often reverence as an example of how there is nothing wrong with a situation, and it is just the activist's trying to cause trouble. I have been chastized, both on this blog and the "history channel" for pointing out that longevity is no indication of a wholesome, healthy life or enviornment, and is nothing more then an exception. Here is the description of the facility in Romania, from MAIL ONLINE

"Their rusty metal cage was no bigger than 3m by 4m. Its concrete floor was filthy and, but for a makeshift wooden bed shoved into the corner of the enclosure, it was entirely bare." Yet Johnny Senior has survived for 27 years in the enviornment that we have looked at the past two day's. Was it a good enviornment or a bad enviornment. I gotta assume the answer would depend upon your knowledge and agenda. Let's look at more quote from the same MAIL ONLINE story and see if we can ascertain their agenda:

The pride was weak and hungry, covered in sores and unable to move within the confines of their tiny cells. The state-run zoo itself was condemned under European Union legislation.
With no money to renovate or feed it's animals Oradea Zoo was left with only two options: they would either have to relocate the 18 lions elsewhere or have them "shot dead."(I suggested uthenasia which is defined in the human vocabulary as ending a life in a manner which relieves pain and suffering, yet they are suggesting "shot dead.")

But after a massive fund-raising campaign, 13 of the 18 lions were flown to the UK to start a new life in a 19 acre enclosure within Yorkshire's Wildlife Park.

The lions-including a cub just eight months old-flew from Budapest on a specially chartered jet and touched down at Doncaster Airport shortly before midday in what has been described as the 'biggest ever big cat rescue'. They are now settling into their new lives where they will be nurtured back to full strength.(Sounds an awful lot like the Hawthorn, Davenport, Ramos, Ringling etc. with elephants and Von Uhl, Hoffman etc. with felines deal to, without the British pomp and circumstance. But there is one glaring difference, the situations mentioned above the folks all said, "over my dead body" while the Oradea Zoo Director Daiana Ghender put out a plea to the world wide zoo industry for someone to take the lions. If you wonder why there were no takers to the offer from the likes of say a Bronx Zoo, here is what John Minon of Yorkshire Wildlife Park describes 'Quite a few of the lions have developmental problems and arthritic conditions.'

From the Yorkshire Wildlife Park exhibit graphics:

Johnny Junior-Born 1998 As the only male in this group of females, he is easy to spot as he is the only lion with a mane(can you believe that bit of educational insight!!!) Also most of his tail is missing.

Freida-Born 2003 Mother of Carla, Crystal, and Julie. If you look closely her left ear is set further forward on her head then the right ear so that it looks like she has a slightly crooked face.

Cezar-Born 1998 Father of Ares and Adel The tip of his tail is missing.

Alis-Born 2003 She was very thin on arrival and in relativly poor health but soon improved after being fed a proper diet and vitamins.(you have to wonder at an imbreeding deficiency instead of vitamin deficiency)

Adel and Ares sons of Alis and Cezar-Born 2008 The terrible twins. It is difficult to tell Ares from Adel as they are similar in appearance and charecter. From the beginning rangers described them as 'quite feisty.'

Dani-Born 2009 Son of Johnny Senior(27 years old) Unfortunatly Dani has some physical problems, so shortly after arriving Dani had an MRI to check him out. This appears to be due to a deformity of the spin from birth(at least it wasn't a vitamin deficiency like Alis above) and it affects the way he walks.

Recall that 13 of the 18 Oradea lions were flown to England. What of the remaining 5?
Quote "three have been returned to the wilds of Africa and two remained in Romania."

Steve, I gotta believe there is only one "agenda" that gained and made out with this quote, 'biggest lion rescue operation in Europe.' 150,00 lbs was used to fund the quote, 'mercy mission' with another 25,000 lbs still needed to be raised to fully equipt the lions new home in England. That is well over $250,000.00 yank dollars for the lions described above. I firmly believe that money could have been used for a greater good for lions.

Oradea Zoo was built 37 years ago under the communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu. It is still home to 800 other animals and has recently launched a modernisation programme to comply with European legislation.

My point in posting the photos of the Oradea Zoo and any other wretched facility is simply this, maybe it is not the fault of the director,keepers,staff,trainers,grooms working stiffs etc. etc." for the conditions, old facilites, or how the animals are kept and cared for, as is normally projected to the world. Maybe "owning" an animal does not give you a right to do what ever it is you want to do with it? What people want to do with their car, truck, house, equiptment etc. etc because they "own it" and are the "owner," is one thing and that is "your right". Maybe, what an animal deserves is a different thing, and I am staying as far away from "their right" as I philosophically am able to.

Oradea Lions--I stand corrected, it is actually the Ebor Falls, between Grafton and Armidal area.

Oradea Lions--I still think it looks like the medieval Gaelic Scottish Highlands

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Elvis Presley's "rest and relaxation center."

Libertyland is the amusement park that the immortal Elvis used to rent a couple of day's a week, from closing time to opening the next day, when he was done touring, so that he and his mates(and quite a few Shella's I've heard) could enjoy themselves privately in the wee morning hours, with out being bothered by fans, if they had gone during regular business hours. You have to wonder how much of the Memphis Zoo's incredible success/expansion comes from being a "satellite" amusement to the incredible Presley/Graceland juggernaut?

Oradea Zoo Lion Update

I was aware of what happened with the Oradea lions, but didn't want to have to admit that man is still that ignorant, or to offer free press for the dim, shady world of "captive/rescue animal sanctuaries." Instead of treating the lions to a life of living like William Wallace in a medieval Gaelic Scottish Highland mud hut, I gotta wonder how much better off lions of the world would be, given these have no useful genetic material, if they had been euthanized and the funds raised/used to build and fence this "complex" and ship them from Romania to England, had been instead donated to any number of great conservation organizations such as

Lion Conservation Fund: About Us

Lion – Saving Wildlife - Wildlife Conservation Society

or at the very least, fund a study to research if there is an interest and future revenue in the area for a zoo in Oradea, and then rehabilitate the zoo at it's current location and finance an operating infra structure for it's continuation into a proper future.

Memphis Zoo--Northwest Passage and Teton Trek

Has anybody ever been to the Teton's? Well, I have and this looks like nothing I ever saw. In fact, it looks a lot like Vancouver's Stanley Park Zoo(except their totems were authentic), and that closed a decade ago. Who ever thought the majestic building's and museum's of zoological learning and enlightenment of yesterday, would be replaced by Walt Disney and Steven Spielberg story boards.

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