5/28/2023 0 Comments Tyke elephant![]() ![]() Enraged and disoriented, Tyke then storms out of the arena and tears through the city streets as people flee in terror. ![]() When Tyke’s trainer attempts to intervene, the 9,500 pound animal wearing a silly pink hat crushes him, killing him instantly. “Then I knew she was a runner,” he says, before revealing that three months later, Tyke attacked a circus worker in North Dakota.Īfter a brief teaser at the beginning, the film eventually gets around again to the Honolulu tragedy, with harrowing footage showing Tyke kicking around a young groom like a rag doll. Sixteen months before Honolulu, Tyke showed signs of rebellion in Altoona, Pennsylvania, although no one was hurt. Taylor had extensive experience with Tyke, and despite his affection for and gentle treatment of the animal he came to realized that trouble was brewing. “She was an unhappy camper,” comments a former handler, Sally Joseph, who expresses deep remorse for following orders in the pachyderm’s mistreatment.Ī primary interview subject is Tyrone Taylor, one of the first African-American animal trainers, who literally ran away with the circus after witnessing a performance by Gunther Gebel-Williams, who became his mentor. As the film makes clear, Tyke had a troubled history before the fateful incident, often rebelling at treatment that included being in chains for 22 hours a day and being disciplined by force.
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