Jack Badal & Anna
thecircusblog | May 23, 2011
A bath before the show. Photo 1966 at the Stockton, Calif, fair grounds.
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Jack Badal #1
thecircusblog | March 18, 2011
Jack Badal dedicated more than half a life time training wild animals. Jack never got credit for much of his training skills from the circus community as most of his training was done in zoos where he worked in the beginning of his career. The Brookfield Zoo and the Los Angeles Zoo is where he […]
Jack Badal #2
thecircusblog | 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 […]
Berosini Jungle Fantasy
thecircusblog | June 14, 2010
This truly was one of the finest great ape acts ever. A mixd group of Gorillas, Chimps and Orangutans. In the late 1960’s I went to visit with PaPa Berosini at Circus Circus and we had a fine time talking about our acts and training ideas. He was military because in a mixed group of […]
Ramar
thecircusblog | June 14, 2010
This very beautiful animal is the pride and joy of Jack Badal. Jack raised and trained this great gorilla. Ranar now lives in the Brookfield Zoo.
Ramar and Jack
thecircusblog | June 14, 2010
Ramar, in this photo is still a young teen but his weight is at 250 lbs.
Jack Badal
thecircusblog | March 12, 2010
Jack Badal handled the entire reptile collection at the Los Angeles Zoo. In this photo he has on the snake stick a Diamondback rattle snake found mainly in the pacific west. Jack trained or handled just about every animal I can think of. For what he did he was one of the best in the business that […]
Houdini
thecircusblog | March 1, 2010
This studio photo was taken in 1920. Houdini starred in a movie serial called “Terror Island”. This movie was a silent… it had no sound track. The lines for the actors were written on the screen. Just below the stage and in front was a pit where a person played a piano for background music. The musician […]
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