“I personally wouldn’t work with an elephant of that kind of nature because I’d consider it too dangerous,” he said. It was not safe, he said, for her to perform in public. She also had no diseases likely to trigger the rampage.īut McMillan said that, based on his experience, her care is not an issue. The preliminary investigation indicates Tyke had sufficient food, shelter and other care, officials said. Investigators have heard about three or four incidents involving Tyke, “but we cannot verify them at this time,” she said. of Agriculture is investigating the death to determine if Hawthorne met government animal-care standards, said Cynthia Eck, a department spokeswoman. In another incident, also last year, it took trainers in Pennsylvania an hour to coax her back through a door she “enlarged considerably” by smashing through just before a performance. Last year she broke the ribs of a trainer in North Dakota, said Mike Burgwin, chief investigator for the Hawaiian Humane Society. Those investigating the incident said Tyke was known as a troublesome animal among trainers and she had previous outbursts on multiple occasions. In addition, about a dozen people inside the arena were treated for injuries sustained while fleeing the arena. That elephant wanted blood.”īeckworth was hospitalized and is recovering from his injuries. “When an elephant gets spooked they normally try to get away,” he said. McMillan said Tyke’s behavior was not typical for an elephant that had been spooked. It would have been better to approach Tyke from the side and then move toward her front to ward off the attack, McMillan said. “I knew he was obviously trying to save (the) other guy’s life, but on the other hand, that’s the last thing you do in that situation.” August 20, 1994/Honolulu, Hawaii: Tyke, an African elephant with Circus International, killed a trainer and stomped and injured a circus groom and a dozen. and stated that the trainers appeared to be trying to break their will by. “I think the thing that shocked me the most was when I saw the trainer step in front of the elephant,” McMillan said. the death, the destruction, of a young female African elephant at the London. An employee at the company’s facility in Richmond, Ill., declined to comment.īeckworth was thrown down by the elephant and veteran trainer Allen Campbell, 37, was crushed to death when he tried to prevent the elephant from stomping on Beckworth’s head. Horrific glimpses of animal slaughter reveal the cruelty man can unleash upon creatures lower on the food-chain, and authentic autopsy footage indulges our morbid curiosities about our final stop on the way to the grave.Attempts to reach officials Friday at Hawthorne’s headquarters in Grayslake, Ill., were unsuccessful. Gross as our guide, we bear witness to death in its many forms - even visiting a debauched death cult that mixes the ecstasy of sex with the sweet release of that final moment. From airplane crashes to railway disasters, some of us meet a spectacular end while others fall prey to hungry wildlife predators, an assassin's bullet, or - as in the case of some condemned prisoners - get strapped into the electric chair and blasted into the afterlife with over 2000 volts of pure electricity. There's simply no escape from the encroaching darkness, and in this film we're offered a firsthand glimpse at the many ways that life can end. Everybody dies - it's the fate we all face from the moment we're born. Francis Gross (Michael Carr) leads viewers on a guided exploration of that fateful moment when the spark of life is brutally snuffed out. Experience the ultimate in cinematic shock and horror as Dr.
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