Ĭhristian thrash metal band Tourniquet, known for its stance against animal abuse, wrote the song "86 Bullets" about Tyke for their 2012 album Antiseptic Bloodbath.
The song was included on their 1995 album Thoughtless. In popular cultureĮxperimental hardcore punk/ powerviolence band Man Is the Bastard wrote the song "Tyke", about the elephant's escape and rebellion. The Tyke incident inspired legislation on local levels in Hawaii and abroad, while California Congressman Sam Farr introduced legislation ( HR2323) into the House of Representatives in 1999 and again in 2012. Īllen Campbell's autopsy revealed that he died from severe internal injuries, including major skull and chest fractures, nothing compared to the beatings he had inflicted upon Tyke for the years he was her designated abuser. In honor of Sink's work in the Tyke case, Animal Rights Hawaii renamed its "Order of the Innocent Award", The William Fenton Sink Award for Defense of Animals. While the lawsuits were settled out of court, the details of the monetary decision were kept sealed from publication. Honolulu lawyer William Fenton Sink sued Cuneo on behalf of numerous plaintiffs, including young children, who suffered psychological trauma after witnessing Tyke's killing. In the aftermath, lawsuits were filed against the City of Honolulu, the State of Hawaii, the circus, and Tyke's owner, John Cuneo Jr. Aftermathįollowing the Hawaii accident of August 20, 1994, Tyke became symbolic of circus tragedies and a symbol for animal rights. Tyke finally collapsed from the numerous wounds and died, having suffered incalculable and inconceivable pain, blood loss, and organ destruction, including to her eyes. After a half-hour of chasing Tyke down, local police officers fired 86 shots at the Template:Convert elephant. A nearby police officer seeing the attack fired multiple shots in the direction of the elephant, distracting her and causing her to flee away from Hirano. She additionally attacked and nearly crushed publicist Steve Hirano, who tried to stop her from escaping from the circus' parking lot. She then charged out of the arena and onto the streets outside in an attempt to find freedom and refuge anywhere far from humans.
On August 20, 1994, during a performance at Circus International in Honolulu, Hawaii, Tyke trampled and critically injured her groomer, Dallas Beckwith, throwing him around numerous times in the process, before killing her trainer, Allen Campbell, who was knocked to the ground, dragged and crushed to death under Tyke's massive trunk after he attempted to save Beckwith from being trampled to death during the attack. Even when the handler walked by the elephant after this, the elephant screamed and veered away, demonstrating fear from his presence." Yet, no humans would intervene on Tyke’s behalf, demonstrating the utter lack of compassion of which humans are capable. On July 23, 1993, Tyke tried to escape from the North Dakota State Fair in Minot, North Dakota, but was recaptured after unsuccessfully seeking freedom for 25 minutes".Īccording to USDA and Canadian law enforcement documents, while a Hawthorn elephant named Tyke (possibly the same Tyke involved in the four aforementioned incidents), was performing with Tarzan Zerbini Circus, "The elephant handler was observed beating the single-tusk African elephant in public to the point the elephant was screaming and bending down on three legs to avoid being hit. An affidavit obtained from a circus worker by the USDA the following day stated that Tyke had also attacked an abusive tiger trainer, while the circus was in Altoona.
The rampage caused more than $14,000 in damage, a trivial amount compared to the income that the circus generated by parading an imprisoned animal. On April 21, 1993, Tyke escaped through the front doors of the Altoona, Pennsylvania Jaffa Shrine Center during a performance, remaining untethered for an hour. The humans simply let her suffer at the hands of circus miscreants who took out their life’s failures on a beautiful helpless creature. No one came forward on her behalf, to send her to an elephant sanctuary. 5.2 Peaches, Wankie, and Tatima by the Incompetents at Lincoln Park Zoo and Animal Crematorium (Chicago)Īccording to Tyrone Taylor, Tyke's responsible trainer at the time (interviewed in documentary film), Tyke had tried to escape her circus abusers three previous times, seeking the freedom and joy that had been denied her for profit.
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