tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post2056651891206208476..comments2024-03-24T14:31:06.532+13:00Comments on Timespanner: "Falls the Shadow," a still, and an elephantTimespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-73060067703313222872010-09-23T21:03:14.141+12:002010-09-23T21:03:14.141+12:00I've spent tonight tracing Rajah's origins...I've spent tonight tracing Rajah's origins. A very sad tale to tell indeed of how this elephant ended up at Auckland Zoo and why he was so difficult. In the end he met a terrible fate and there he is as we know him in the Auckland MuseumLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100812038496671783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-53409569530192796122009-02-04T11:39:00.000+13:002009-02-04T11:39:00.000+13:00I must say those arms reaching upwards are very ha...I must say those arms reaching upwards are very haunting, exactly what you'd expect from the mud and blood of that slaughter.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-6129319131480166322009-02-03T21:30:00.000+13:002009-02-03T21:30:00.000+13:00Not to mention the famous (and quite odd) fate of ...Not to mention the famous (and quite odd) fate of Mary the elephant in Tennessee, 1916 -- hanged from a railroad derrick car because she had flattened a man's head after being poked in the ear. Her story here: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnunicoi/mary.htmTimespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-89951796365252464372009-02-03T21:23:00.000+13:002009-02-03T21:23:00.000+13:00There seemed to be a fashion of kicking the old el...There seemed to be a fashion of kicking the old elephants to the kerb in that time period; Queenie, a popular elephant at Melb Zoo, <A HREF="http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/queenies-last-ride/2006/08/08/1154802883699.html?page=2" REL="nofollow">killed her cruel keeper</A> at the zoo but(officially) she was shot due to shortages of food during WW2.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.com