thecircusblog | May 8, 2012
Jayne Mansfield with her son Zoltan, he was mauled by a Jungleland lion. This was the beginning of the end for Jungleland. Actress Jayne Mansfield comforts her 6-year-old son Zolton Hargity afterr he was attacked by a lion during a photo shoot at Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, CA. Zolton was taken to Community Memorial Hospital […]
thecircusblog | December 6, 2008
In 1966 on the Hubert Castle International Circus, we performed at the Shrine Circus in Flint, Michigan. Baron had a lot of problems with his cats, some had never been in the arena before. He asked me to help him in breaking these cats. It took us about 2 weeks to calm them down so he could start putting […]
thecircusblog | August 28, 2008
The Henry lions were exhibition animals in the menagerie and also performing animals. In the early days there was no steel arena. They were brought out into the circus ring on a lunge line to perform their tricks. They never worked as a large group. Later an arena was built only 8 to 12 cats […]
