Circus Kendler in Germany

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Circus Kendler
Type	circus
Last elephant left	1982
Closed down	1982
Country	Germany
Related persons
Owner	-1982: Felix Kendler

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Record history
History of updates	2025-03-23:

Latest document update	2025-03-23 15:34:42

Description

Circus Kendler, Germany . The last elephant left in 1982.. Circus Kendler closed down in 1982.

Casualties

1 casualties

1902-11-22: elephant trainer James "Whiskey Red" O'Rourke fatal attack by Empress (Gypsy). Gypsy abruptly stopped and O’Rourke fell to the cobble-stoned street. “For a long while, O’Rourke lay on the street under the huge elephant’s Trunk. He failed to get up. (Gypsy) hesitated to lift him back to her head,” according to The Times. “Then, slowly, deliberately, the mammoth beast kneeled down over O’Rourke and crushed his body. She then rolled the limp body along with her Trunk and Tusks for some 50 yards. † James "Whiskey Red" O'Rourke Died 1902-11-22, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia. Police Chief Dampier went home to fetch his Krag-Jorgensen rifle, which he had carried in the Spanish-American War, according to most accounts, and shot her dead at Cherry Creek.

References for records about Circus Kendler

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Circus Kendler, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=265. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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