Thursday, March 3, 2016

Theodore Schroeder Revisted

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"Business Card" back in the day when it was a respected profession........ The Circus "NO SPIN ZONE": Theodore Sch...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Panda trivia

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What panda's does China not "own" and what offspring will they never, ever be able to re-call, take back, renig, fingers c...
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Sunday, February 7, 2016

Chi Chi's Journey To Find A Home

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London's Natural History Museum Read a 1958 story about Chi-Chi-s plight  here There doesn't seem to be any photo or mov...
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Thursday, October 8, 2015

GUADALCANAL MOUNTAIN KINGFISHER

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  http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/mustached-bird-lost-photographed/ . Greetings Paul, yes I was aware of ...
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Thursday, July 9, 2015

GHOST ZOO ELEPHANT MYSTERY--GENTSE DIERENTUIN

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Translated:   This skeleton is Betsy. Not even Jack.   It is Chamba Circus Harry Malter (Heusden) Audience favorite Betsy, who arrived ...
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Friday, May 29, 2015

SEROW

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PICTURE AND TEXT  from page 337 of "Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History" (1902) The little ani...

ARMY MASCOTS

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PICTURE AND TEXT  from page 340 of "Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History" (1902) The young Bei...

WALLACHIAN SHEEP

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PICTURE AND TEXT  from page 339 of "Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History" (1902) The Wallachian...

KHARTHOUM ZOO-RIL OR ADDRA GAZELLE

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PICTURE AND TEXT  from page 397 of "Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History" (1902) ANIMALS AT KHA...

GIRAFFE-KHARTOUM GARDENS

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PICTURE AND TEXT  from page 399 of "Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History" (1902) There are seve...

VINTAGE WOLF TRAINING AND HANDLING

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PICTURE AND TEXT  from page 31 of "Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History" (1902) If it is requi...
Saturday, May 16, 2015

The Remarkable Dineshan

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THE HINDU December 21, 2011 Even at this age of 61, leading a retired life, Dineshan receives jumbo-sized accolades every day. It is...
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Sunday, May 4, 2014

Melaninistic Zebra Revisited

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Newborn zebra in the north-western area of the Okavango Delta. The zebra has a  dark color due to a small genetic abnormality linked to ...
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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Indian Government's Elephant Service--1907

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For many years I have suggested that possibly inferior elephants with physical problems and poor genetics with allowed for the passing on...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Capturing Elephants Revisited--Royal Elephant Hunt Siam/Thailand 1907-1908

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Capturing Elephants Revisited--1860

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Capturing Elephants Revisited--Capturing Elephants in Asia 1800

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Note the engravers skill in the pigmented skin of the elephants

Capturing Elephants Revisited--Method of Picketing Wild Elephant Year Unknown

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Some pretty skilled rope work.

Capturing Elephants Revisited--Use Of Tame Elephants To Round Up The Wild Ones 1792

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Capturing Elephants Revisited-Hottentots 1731

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Capturing Elephants Revisited--Mughal Elephant Hunting Party 1633

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Dalia--Buenos Aires Zoo

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 Translated: THE EXECUTION OF AN ELEPHANT IN THE ZOO IN BUENOS AIRES The commanding officer ordered "Fire " and a platoon...
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Saturday, January 11, 2014

Vintage Elephant Rides--London Zoo 1872

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A black and white wood engraving.  Note the posting on the wall on the right advising folks to be on the look out for pick pockets.  I a...

Begum--London Zoo 1872

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A n original black and white in - text wood engraving by Ernest Griset portraying the female Sumatran rhinoceros named Begu...

Miss Bet--London Zoo 1870

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Watercolour, pen and ink and pencil on paper. The incident happened on a bitterly cold day in December 1870 when the Indian rhinocer...

Ghost Zoo--Maidstone Zoo

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Cobtree Manor Park is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.  This delightful country park is a haven for wildlife and nature lover...

Mademoiselle Paula

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This is the front page of a letter written in 1899 to the Hon. Lionel Walter Rothschild (later Lord Rothschild) by Charles Harte, Impre...