You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Year should not be greater than current year Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Sorry! There are no volunteers for this cemetery. GREAT NEWS! There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos You may not upload any more photos to this memorial Officials at the Denver Zoo confirm that Campbell was the target of complaints in the late 1980s that he abused zoo elephants while running an elephant and camel ride concession in Denver Read More In reality, it was the groomer that she had severely injured. The circus was in Honolulu in 1994 when attendees at the day's performance were surprised to see the elephant enter the ring tossing around what appeared to be a dummy. Officials at the Denver Zoo confirm that Campbell was the target of complaints in the late 1980s that he abused zoo elephants while running an elephant and camel ride concession in DenverĪllen Campbell's autopsy revealed that he had cocaine and alcohol in his system at the time of his death. Tyke was a 20-year-old female African elephant who performed with Circus International.

Campbell was crushed to death at the Neal Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, after attempting to save fellow co-worker Dallas Beckwith from the performing elephant 'Tyke', who had run amok.Īllen Campbell's autopsy revealed that he had cocaine and alcohol in his system at the time of his death. He eventually worked as an elephant trainer for The Hawthorn Corporation. He was heavily influenced by circus trainer Rex Williams and his life's ambition was to have a circus elephant act. He worked as an elephant consultant for many zoo's including the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. He contracted to run the elephant ride and provide a baby elephant mascot for the Denver zoo in 1986. He usually did this himself and was known to be a workaholic as many elephant men are. He advanced elephant care at the Baton Rouge zoo by insisting that all of the elephants needed to be fed and watered and their enclosure cleaned every night as well as every day. He also ran the first elephant ride there. Allen Campbell was a 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.

Tyke the elephant grave