Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Five Sumatran elephants
AFP/File – A baby elephant, seen here with his mother at a Safari Park in Indonesia. Five dead elephants believed poisoned in Indonesia
JAKARTA (AFP) – Five rare Sumatran elephants found dead in Indonesia were likely poisoned for damaging crops, according to an official.
The elephants, aged two to four years old, were found dead in an oil-palm plantation in a village in Riau province on Sumatra island on Friday, conservation agency official Edi Susanto said.
"Preliminary medical checks indicated that the elephants could have died from sulphur poisoning. We're still investigating," he said.
"We suspect villagers killed them using poison for wild boars as the elephants had damaged their crops. We're chasing the perpetrators," he added.
Human-animal conflicts are a rising problem as people encroach on wildlife habitats in Indonesia, an archipelago with some of the world's largest remaining tropical forests.
There are up to 3,350 Sumatran elephants remaining in the wild, according to the environmental group WWF
JAKARTA (AFP) – Five rare Sumatran elephants found dead in Indonesia were likely poisoned for damaging crops, according to an official.
The elephants, aged two to four years old, were found dead in an oil-palm plantation in a village in Riau province on Sumatra island on Friday, conservation agency official Edi Susanto said.
"Preliminary medical checks indicated that the elephants could have died from sulphur poisoning. We're still investigating," he said.
"We suspect villagers killed them using poison for wild boars as the elephants had damaged their crops. We're chasing the perpetrators," he added.
Human-animal conflicts are a rising problem as people encroach on wildlife habitats in Indonesia, an archipelago with some of the world's largest remaining tropical forests.
There are up to 3,350 Sumatran elephants remaining in the wild, according to the environmental group WWF
Saturday, November 27, 2010
RBBB 1940
Compared to the man standing there, it looks like the sidepoles on the cookhouse were only about 7 foot tall.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving
May you all have an abundance of joy, health and happiness with those that are near and dear to your hearts!
Monday, November 22, 2010
1917 Ringling Bros. courier
This beautiful courier has a full color image on front and back. I'm offering this for sale on eBay this week. I sell under the name of tigeract.
1901 Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros. Circus
This brilliant courier is over 100 years old now. I'm offering it on eBay this week with it ending on Sunday. I use tigeract as my eBay seller's name.1906 Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros. Circus
This interesting photo shows some of the beautifully carved cages ready for parade. This was in my uncle's scrapbook and is stamped on the back Kobel's Frankfort, IN.Saturday, November 20, 2010
Exciting New Project
With so many Circus photos to offer, Descriptions and details of the albums can be found on my website at http://www.thecircusworld.com Look for the Circus Scrapbooks page.
Exciting New Project
While this will be a huge undertaking and well worth it to all in the end, I've had a lot of fun creating the labels to accompany these CD's as well.Friday, November 19, 2010
What's in them?
Here's the Heritage Bros. Circus loaded on a ferry in 1926. This is one of the photos in Circus Album # 41.
What's in them?
This is one of the photos that shows the Christy Bros. bannerline. as found in Circus Album # 81.
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