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A local WAFB TV personality by the name of "Buckskin" Bill ended his popular children's program in the 1950s and 1960s by saying "Baton Rouge needs a zoo." He helped rally the Baton Rouge community into supporting the zoo not only in passing the millage election to fund it but also in running a penny drive that raised over 600,000 pennies to purchase the zoo's first two elephants, Penny and ...
Allen Campbell (December 30, 1956 – August 20, 1994) was an American zookeeper and elephant trainer and handler in his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida before moving to work in the Baton Rouge Zoo in the mid-1970s as the elephant keeper and trainer.
Until the Baton Rouge Zoo opened on Easter 1970, Black ended each program by saying "Remember, Baton Rouge needs a zoo." As part of his advocacy for a local zoo, Black organized an "Elephant March," collecting more than 650,000 pennies to help purchase the zoo's first two elephants.
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Tyke (1973 – August 20, 1994) was a female African bush elephant from Mozambique who performed with Circus International of Honolulu, Hawaii.On August 20, 1994, during a performance at the Neal Blaisdell Center, she killed her trainer, Allen Campbell, and seriously injured her groomer, Dallas Beckwith.
Buttonwood Park Zoo is celebrating Elephant Appreciation Day as well as Ruth and Emily's birthdays on Oct. 1. A New Bedford zoo is having a birthday party for two of the country's oldest elephants ...
Baton Rouge Zoo - BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo is home to over 1,800 animals from around the world. The Baton Rouge Zoo was the first zoo in Louisiana to achieve the distinguished honor of being accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Blue Bayou Waterpark - Blue Bayou has over 20 water rides. Favorites are the "Mad Moccasin," "Conja" and ...