thecircusblog | June 4, 2009
From left to right, Tony Scott, Arkie’s wife, Eugene” Arkie”Scott and May Kovar. The elephant is Bimbo owned by Jungleland and trained by Arky. My first meeting with Arkie was at Jungleland in 1955. I was totally impressed with his manor in the arena , He was a no nonsense trainer and carried himself with the circus military attitude […]
thecircusblog | June 3, 2009
From left to right…….. Louie Goebel, owner of Goebel’s Lion Farm, Paul Hoefler, wild animal trainer and Louie Roth, Mr Goebel’s head trainer at the lion farm. Here are some little known facts: Louis Roth was tutored in the skills of wild animal training by Jack Bonadita, an Italian. He trained lions and bears and was considered […]
thecircusblog | June 3, 2009
This picture was taken when Louie first started his Lion Farm long before World Jungle Compound or Jungleland was created. Louie is seen here proudly holding one of his lions. His farm was located in Thousand Oaks , Calif. Late 1930’s.
