Jack Badal #2
Posted By thecircusblog on March 18, 2011
It made no difference where the origin of the elephants came from…. Asia or Africa, Jack could handle them. In the early 1960’s Jack bought a baby elephant from Louie Goebel and built his own act. His little elephant Anna was well trained. Jack and Anna worked with most of the California circuses , as it was difficult for him to go too far from his job at the Los Angles Zoo where he was the head trainer. The photo above was taken at the Los Angles Zoo in 1964.
Thank you for your comment Ryan……… In answer to your question, the names of the elephants. I called my friend Jack Badal for there names. From left to right, Joyce, Geeta the African Ngogu, Jack told me that she had no tusks, very uncommon. Ted Gallup a bull man that worked for Louie Goebel called it Himes syndrome………… The Punk or Baby in the back ground is a African male, he is seen by Jacks right knee . Jack named him Dillinger because he was a tough little fellow and full of himself. The Los Angeles Zoo did a contest with the zoo patrons to name the baby, after a few weeks they came up with Wise Guy.
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Thank you for posting this very interesting history lesson. Can you (or Jack) share with us who the Los Angeles herd is in these photos, including the young punk in the background?
Thank you very much for the quick update! The young male looks to be an Asian in the picture, however. Several other sources name ‘Wise Guy’ and ‘Dillinger’ as alternate names for Circus Krone’s ‘Colonel Joe,’ the very large and impressive Asian bull they acquired from Rex Williams on Circus Vargas. Could this be the case?