That baby elephant was Tyke and it was evident early on that she was no ordinary circus elephant. In 1973, a baby elephant was captured in the wilds of Mozambique, shipped to the United States and trained for the circus. Now, in 2015 producers Susan Lambert and Stefan Moore are shedding the light on the circus world and how their mistreatment and mishandling of captivated elephants resulted in the untimely demise of one of their own…Tyke: Elephant Outlaw. It chronicled and shed light on how the great white whales were kept and mistreated…ultimately resulting in the death of one of their most beloved trainers. ![]() ![]() In my opinion, there is something about the concept that is inhumane and unnatural.Ī few years back, the Sea World corporation was under attack after an Oscar-nominated documentary was released called “Blackfish”. No animal…human or otherwise likes being in captivity. So, to some degree, I can imagine what Tyke must have been feeling the day she took off running down the streets of Honolulu in August of 1994. I used to joke that one day I would jump out of my elephant leg like that one black person trapped on the Titanic trying to get to a lifeboat! The reality was it was very heavy, cumbersome and would often times be off balanced. ![]() To the audience, it looks like this majestic, paper elephant gliding down the aisle onto the stage. As a cast member of THE LION KING, I was one of four people who carried a puppeted elephant for the opening number “The Circle of Life”.
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