Louis Roth

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Louis Roth
Profession circus animal trainer
Personal details
Born ? in Hungary
Dead in United States

Spouse(s) 1915 - 1920 Mabel Stark

Country United States

Locations
Title menagerie superintendent 1921-1922
Location at Howes Great London Circus and Van Amburgs Trained Wild Animals in United States

Title chief animal trainer 1916-1921
Location at Selig Zoo and Movie Studio (Griffith Park Zoo, Luna Park Zoo) in United States

Title menagerie superintendent-1916
Location at Al G. Barnes Circus in United States

Title animal trainer
Location at Bartell Wild Animal Farm (William Bartel) in United States

Title animal trainer
Location at Frank Bostock Circus in United Kingdom

Title apprentice keeper
Location at Firma Louis Ruhe in United States

Relevant literature
Biography details

Louis Roth , circus animal trainer in United States

Born ? in Hungary in United States .

Louis Roth was called the "world's greatest wild animal trainer" by Louis Goebel, the creator of Jungleland USA. He married Mable Stark on May 17, 1915, in Boise, Idaho. They divorced in Portland, in 1920.

  • Cage cleaner at the Louis Ruhe Wild Animal Farm at Woodside, Long Island.
  • Worked on Coney Island for Frank Bostock, the famous exhibitor of wild animals, and Herman Weeden, Bostock's chief trainer.
  • Employed as an animal trainer at the Bartell Wild Animal Farm in Bellevue, New Jersey.
  • 1915: Menagerie Superintendent at Al. G. Barnes Circus
  • 1921: Howes Great London Circus, where he had a young Clyde Beatty as a cage boy and assistant trainer.
  • 1927: Al. G. Barnes Circus


He also presented lions at Gay’s Lion Farm, labeled as Louis Roth & Big Lion Group.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). animal trainer Louis Roth in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 6 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2360. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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