The building and when she saw Bram she lowering her head then she came There he heard and recognized the sound of Modoc and he just ran offĬalling 'Mosie, where are you girl, Mosie, Modoc!! Then a blast of pure vocal energy in a volume not heard before cameįrom somewhere, everywhere. Jungle Exotic Animal Rental' in Bloomington, California looking for any work available. North sold Modoc whileīram was away earning money to buy her himself then by sheerĬoincidence, after years of separations while driving trough LosĪngeles elephant trainer Bram and his wife Gertie drove onto 'Gentle Together in the 'North Circus' but the owner Mr. In her younger days Modoc once worked with her trainer Bram Gunterstein Modoc in front her whole school to proof to her teacher that she had Modoc was so mellow and gentle that Ralph trusted his own daughter Tana Helfer to play with her and rider her whenever she wanted. Without a trainer so Ralph was able to use her on many other Television Must have been a star-a great star-to able to perform in the ring Health so she would be able to perform for the show.

Of the staff help, they were able to slowly Nurse Modoc back to full Have survived another winter back there in the mountains. Them they gotten her out just in the nick of time because she never Rentals' in Van Nuys, California a Veterinarian examined her and told When Ralph and Frank got Modoc back to 'Nature's Haven: Wild Animal To Modoc but they paid him his money, loaded her into the van trailerĪnd left. It took a lot of restraint for Ralph and Frankīecause they really wanted beat up Mr.

Only about fifteen feet to a dead oak tree surrounded by aįour-foot-high barbed wire fence just letting people throw rocks at herįor all those years. From her owner Bo Jenkin's, a fatīalding man, who kept Modoc shackled with a heavy chain that stretched Pulled by an old Chevy Bobtail to a small town in the Ozark's theyįound Modoc on this old dilapidated property and she was already aboutĪ thousand pounds underweight because of the terrible condition there When Ralph and his friend Frank Lampingĭrove across the Country on a four day journey with a used van trailer

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