Zoomotion (Bret Bronson) elephants in United States

Subnavigation of selected Tab Select by clicking the tabs above; 1. location info 2. present elephants 3. list of births 4. dead elephants 5. relocated elephants

Zoomotion (Bret Bronson)
One of many of the good old days '93...with the herd - Willy, Kalli, Dancer, Tanya, & Tsavo. Photo: © Bret Bronson
Type	private
Closed down	2001
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner

Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2009-01-10xx

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11

Description

Zoomotion (Bret Bronson) elephants, United States . Zoomotion (Bret Bronson) elephants closed down in 2001.

Comments / pictures"Kallie, Willie and Dancer were sold to "Four Bear" in 1989, a private company in Detroit, after being imported by Arthur Jones in 1983. Just a year later, all three elephants were sold again to another company, "Zoomotion". Zoomotion was owned by New Hampshire businessman Al Jones, who leased the elephants to animal trainer Bret Bronson. Bronson traveled around the country with Kallie, Willie, Dancer and a fourth African elephant named Tonya, exhibiting them at country fairs and private businesses and renting them out for commercials and movies including "12 Monkeys." In 1999, Al Jones decided to sell Dancer, Willie and Kallie. He moved Tonya back to New Hampshire, where he hoped to start an animal park. Bronson tried to raise $50,000, the asking price for the three elephants, but failed to do so. The elephants were then retired/sold to different locations."

References for records about Zoomotion (Bret Bronson)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2026). Zoomotion (Bret Bronson), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1153. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Search more with Google for Zoomotion (Bret Bronson) elephantsThe link will automatically include Zoomotion (Bret Bronson) elephants and open a new browser window.

Search this site www.elephant.se with google for keyword Zoomotion (Bret Bronson) elephants
Google maps
OR search the Internet (with your chosen keyword)

Search more on the Internet Web for Zoomotion (Bret Bronson) elephantsThe link will automatically include Zoomotion (Bret Bronson) elephants and open a new browser window

Categories private in United States | United States Portal | northamerica Portal

About this documentWebsite online since 1995. This document was created: . Latest update: 2020-10-30 07:03:11 included 1134 characters with valid HTML5