Cole Bros Circus
Posted By thecircusblog on September 1, 2012
One of the elephants was knocked over by another in a fight. This will happen every now and again with a herd of elephants. There is a certain amount of “who is to be boss” called the pecking order between them. The bull man is helping the elephant to it’s feet and I am sure it a little dazed from the scuffle. In the right side of photo several bull men are containing the other elephant that was involved in whatever the disagreement was. This is the time of the true test of the head bull man and those around him. It is a very serious thing when it happens and if not contained quickly as well as calming down the herd, it could cause more fighting and the herd could scatter in all directions. The person that took this photo just happened to be in the right place at the right time. The season of 1938.
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