![]() Circus staff tried to beat her back, but no bullhook or whip could stop the rage that had been building inside her for two decades. At some point during the show, she veered from the script. At an afternoon performance at the Neal Blaidsell Center in Honolulu, it all came to a head. She could no longer take the pain and the confinement. She was tired of being beaten, whipped, and kicked. She had been in the circus nearly 20 years. In August of 1994 Tyke reached a breaking point. She vacillated between terror and boredom. For the next year she performed in the circus and lived in a barren concrete barn, chained, between shows. Only God knows what punishment she received when brought back to the Circus. Hawthorn should have retired her right then and there, as she was an obvious threat to the public. In July she tried to escape again she was unsuccessful. She tried to escape during a circus performance. ” The trainer said he was “disciplining” her… By April of 1993, she had enough. In 1988, according to USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) documents, Tyke was beaten in public to the point where she was “screaming and bending down on three legs to avoid being hit. The day she died she was as usual performing for Hawthorne circus which have a long record of animal cruelty violations. She was deprived of every aspect of normal elephant life. She spent most of her time in chains, doing nothing. They wanted to hurt her and frighten her so she would be obedient. They struck her in her most sensitive areas: behind her ears, on top of her toes, in back of her knees, and around her anus. Circus trainers hit her repeatedly with a sharp metal “bullhook,” which made her cry out in pain. There, she was confined to a concrete room and beaten over and over, to break her spirit. Tyke was trapped and taken away from her family when she was a baby. It took nearly 2 hours for her to die there on the street in terrible pain, lonely and afraid… Tyke was a female Elephant born 1974 and died Augafter being shoot by the police 87 times. Vegan Portal Belgrade-Vegan Group Serbia.There are about eight additional projects waiting for her attention. Another children's meme story (with an adult version) and a young adult novel (The Danger of Good - fiction) are scheduled for 2014 release. Additional confirmed titles are due to be released by this author: The first of those (Delta the Dancing Elephant - juvenile fiction) is scheduled to be published during the late summer/fall of 2013. She was moved to write her first two books (Tyke & the Elephant Angel for readers Preschool+ and Delta the Dancing Elephant for 7th grade+), both about elephants, after witnessing abuse they endured back in 2004. Like countless others, she was deeply touched and subsequently inspired by the true events of the tragic Tyke incident. She is currently working on sit-com pilot scripts and other screenplays touching on the subject matter of haunting, bullying and other social issues that are changing in our world today. She has also written and directed a successful murder mystery stage play, based on true events titled the Legend of Biltmore Mary. Monroe is a former journalist who now writes fiction and expanded genres and is currently working on some interesting and unique projects to be released over the next three to four years. It has the KA Monroe Publication imprint and will be distributed through Ingram world wide book distribution. ![]() It is a 20th anniversary special edition with celebrity review on the back cover. ![]() * The hardcover edition is beautiful and is available for the holidays 2013. Thousands of people have been touched by Tyke's true tragic story and parents and educators can find more info about Tyke and the legacy she left behind on wiki. The cover art has a bit of graphic novel feel to it - dared to be different. Seuss and Shel Silverstein, most noted children's book authors. The book's dedication is in Memory of Pat Derby and Tyke and is categorized as youth fiction for preschool to kindergarten aged and beginner readers. A percentage of net royalties are pledged by the author to be donated to The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuaries in memory of Tyke to care for rescued elephants. Please enjoy the spiritual journey it takes children on with her as there could be no other way to describe a 'happy ending' to her story. This story focuses on Tyke the elephant's journey to Heaven. A children's story of heavenly proportions inspired by true events and told through colorful illustrations and rhyme.
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