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Gerry Cottles Circus in United Kingdom
Gerry Cottles Circus
Sarah Cottle with her father Gerry Cottle
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Type circus
Owner 1974-2005: Betty Fossett Gerry Cottles (1946-2021)
Founded 1970
Closed down 2005
Country
United Kingdom
Directors
Key People -2007: Gerry Cottle Jr. (animal trainer) -2007: Sarah Cottle (animal trainer)
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Head keepers of elephants 1988-1991: Sallyann Duggan (elephant trainer) -1992: Marcel Peters (elephant trainer)
Elephant keepers Record history
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Description
Gerry Cottles Circus, United Kingdom
, was founded in 1970. Gerry Cottles Circus closed down in 2005.
Comments / pictures Founded by Gerry Cottles and his wife Betty Fossett .
They had three daughters, who followed their mother into the ring, and a son, Gerry Jr.
Gerry Cottle was 15 when he ran away to the circus in 1961. His father loaned him £60 to get started and some while later, he teamed up with a friend, Brian Austen ,
to form Cottle Austen Circus in 1970, which in 1974 was split in Austen Brothers Circus and Gerry Cottles Circus.
In late seventies the elephants were trained by Marcel Peters ,
wo also joined them to Circo Mundial .
Gerry Cottle Sr ran Wookey Hole Caves, Wookey Hole, Wells, in Somerset, UK, until his death in Coronavirus 2021 in Bath, aged 75, together with his daughter Sarah Cottle ,
and Sarahs daughter Ellen.
References for records about Gerry Cottles Circus
Recommended Citation Koehl, Dan (2025). Gerry Cottles Circus, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=723 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others:
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