Huey said workers noticed that Kenny was not eating well early last Saturday before the shows began. But after Kenny ate some apples and drank water a veterinarian gave him, the vet let the elephant perform. They kept him off to the side and he did not perform. We wanted to wait and see. He had already been given antibiotics.'' Besides Kenny, who weighed about 2,500 pounds, the circus has two other baby elephants, Bonnie and Juliet.
Elephants have strong personalities and distinct personalities.
It is a shock, anytime you lose any animals, especially with an elephant. Earlier this month, a tiger clamped down on the head of a trainer in St. Petersburg, sending him to the hospital. The trainer's brother then shot the tiger to death. The brother, who also was a trainer, retired after circus officials said he acted outside their procedures. Kenny's body was taken away from the Coliseum in a rental truck Sunday.