Caring for elephants, tigers a full-time job for handlers
“Although the three elephants, five tigers, three bears and four dogs are working, their handlers say the animals enjoy life on the road.” - Altoona Mirror
Mystery surrounds death of elephant handler
“It is not yet known if the elephant’s handler, aged in his 60s, died of a heart attack today before suffering an injury to his back, or even if an elephant caused the injury.” - Herald Sun
Elephant kills handler in Russian zoo
“A nervous elephant at a Russian zoo killed its handler on Wednesday with a single blow of its trunk after lashing out while being moved onto a truck.”- Reuters
Two elephants and a ton of controversy
” Tina and Jewel are rare Asian elephants. With fewer than 50,000 and remaining in the wild, they are an endangered species and share the Leggett property with a third elephant named Boo when she’s not on the road with handler, Will Davenport.” - KHOU.com
Zoo Releases Final Report on Handler’s Death
“Two months after an elephant at the Pittsburgh Zoo knocked its trainer to the ground — killing him, zoo officials have released their final report on the deadly accident.” - KDKA
