![]() Nearly 4,000 schoolchildren attending the circus evacuated the building.Īn Australian documentary due out next year charts Tyke’s story, showing news footage and interviews with many of the people who worked with the elephant. She paced in front of the center for about an hour until circus workers coaxed her back inside. No one was hurt in Altoona when Tyke ripped away part of a doorway wall while exiting the Jaffa Shrine Center (then the Jaffa Mosque) in April 1993 during a circus performance. Regarding Tyke, he said: “The company probably could have used better judgment.” But he noted that other trainers might disagree with him. WARNING: The video below is extremely graphic and shows footage from Tyke’s deadly rampage and public death.“He was dear friend of mine,” Arthurs said.Ī former employee of Hawthorn Corp., which owned Tyke, Arthurs had stopped working for Hawthorn because of an “internal dispute.” He was careful to say that to attribute the issue surrounding Tyke to his departure would be taking it out of context. Gibson said she expects the new rules to go into effect as soon as early in 2016. Ige backed the idea earlier this year, when he pledged to stop issuing permits for wild animal exhibits or performances. Agriculture department spokeswoman Janelle Saneishi told HuffPost in an email that the proposed rules must still be reviewed by the Hawaii Attorney General’s office and approved by Hawaii Gov. With Tuesday’s preliminary approval, the issue heads to statewide public hearings. “We have a golden opportunity to lead the way,” said Ralston, who worked with the petitioning groups. state, however, has taken action, according to the Humane Society. states have implemented partial or full bans on circus animals. Several countries and 50 municipalities in 22 U.S. “We’re hoping of course that Hawaii will set an example for other states to take the next step,” Gibson said. And in Hawaii - a state well known for its spirit of aloha and values of respect for the environment - the ban is a “long time coming,” she said. Inga Gibson, Hawaii senior state director for the Humane Society, told HuffPost the issue is not only one of animal welfare, but also public health and safety. In October 2014, the Humane Society of the United States and several other organizations petitioned the state agriculture department to add dangerous wild animals to its list of prohibited species. “You could see blood and bullet holes,” Tyler Ralston, a witness, recalled in an interview with The Huffington Post. She charged down Honolulu streets before being gunned down by police. ![]() Tyke, a 20-year-old female African circus elephant, escaped from the Neal Blaisdell Centerafter trampling a groomer and killing her trainer during a performance with Honolulu’s Circus International on Aug. The move comes just three days after “ Tyke Elephant Outlaw,” a documentary about a circus elephant that went on a deadly rampage in Honolulu two decades ago, made its Hawaii premiere. She was killed by police as she charged down city streets. ![]() In 1994, Tyke, a 20-year-old circus elephant escaped from the Blaisdell Center after killing her trainer. The Hawaii Department of Agriculture board on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposed rules change that would define “dangerous wild animals” and prohibit the import of such animals “for exhibition or performance in public entertainment shows such as circuses, carnivals and state fairs.” The rules make exceptions for commercial filming in television or movies and in government zoos.Īnimals listed in the proposal include big cats, primates, elephants, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, bears, hyenas and crocodiles. state to ban the use of elephants, bears and other exotic wild animals for entertainment purposes.
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