Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Col. Joe just turned 40 years old





2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think I am correct that Col. Joe was the first male elephant successfully castrated. All previous attempts were unsuccessful or resulted in the deaths of the male.

The procedure was done at the veterinary school at Univ. of Cal. at Davis. Am not sure of the exact date but I believe it was in the early 1970s.

Anonymous said...

It is iteresting the stories of males that were castrated yet still exhibit periods of musth, and older stories of males anaesthized for castration that were never intended to wake back up.