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7 comments:
Lars Hoelscher with Rhino Rafiki
Vincent
Vincent,
Thank you. Is this circus still open. I heard rumors last year it was not doing well. I also understand this young man works with other animals.
Wade
Not being a smart ass...
Is that just very thin cover of shavings with grass coming through, or hay put down as bait?
Casey,
Don't reference every question, with, "I'm not being a smart ass." LOL It is a thin layer of shavings, possibly to keep him out of the grass. They would have used bread if it was bait.
Wade
Yes you're right and Fliegenpilz had to also stop their 2008 tour due to bad business. Lars and most animals are on the road with the Circus Probst also in Germany now.
Circus Fliegenpilz has one of the lagest travelling zoo in Europe (and think also in the world). Lars works with Elephants (African+Asians), rhino, giraffe, zebras, hipo, camels, horses, antelops, cows (exotics+domestics), pigs, goats, sea lions. But no cats :P
Vincent
An anonymous contributor to the Buckles blog, in an entry dated May 8, 2007, stated that this rhino had come to this circus from Circus Alberto Althoff. The contributor spelled the name “Fliegenpilz.”
There were a lot of white rhinos appearing in European circus rings around 1990.
RJR,
That is probably how it is spelled, although the person was anonymous, I would question their validity.
In reference to the other comment you left on the other rhino picture, this comment may have answered my thoughts. In a phone conversation with Casey last night, I mentioned that all the rhinos I saw were all about the same age, leading me to believe in normal "circus tradition" if somebody has one, I have to have one too. I also noted to him, that by their ages, it looked to me like the trend started in the early 90's. LOL
Wade
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