Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Camel Rides--Bronx Zoo 1940's

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  1. The Zor Shrine in Madison, WI use to give free camel rides at the Henry Villas Zoo. Long ago I remember riding a Bactrian when I was a kid. (Nice medium-sized zoo by the way.)

    Camel rides got hot for a while when people got leery of elephants rides in their institutions. I think about 1980.

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  2. Jim,
    Not for nothing, but an elephant ride still seems safer then one of those ostrich cart deal's some institutions used. :) Do you know who trained the camels for the Zor Temple? Zoo personnel or someone else. I believe they also used them for a liberty act at their annual circus.

    Wade

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  3. Don't know who did the training. Probably a long list of people. I rode a camel in the early 1950s and the rides had gone on then for a while. Perhaps Col. Herriott could share some information when he was at Baraboo and did a little elephant consulting at the Zoo.

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