Walter Klauser

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Walter Klauser
Walter Klauser
Left to right: Damoo Dhotre a very good wild animal trainer of India and Walter Klauser, a bear act person. Bridgeport, June 13, 1949. Photographer: Sverre O. Braathen (1895-1974)
Personal details
Spouse(s) Maria Klauser
Country Germany
Locations
Title animal trainer 1949-
Location at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States
Biography details

Walter Klauser , circus animal trainer in Germany

Born ? in Germany .

A famous bear troupe that started in the 1950s was the "Klauser's Bears", by the German-born Klauser family, Walter, Maria, and their daughter "Goldilocks" Herta. The Klauser family toured the world with their bears riding bicycles and motorbikes, rowing boats, and of course roller skating. The Klauser's Bears were popular in the US, appearing in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus and being featured several times in the Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s, and in the Shrine Circus until (at least) the 1970s.

Family

Total: 1 children

  1. Herta Klauser Cuneo. Born: 1937. Dead: † 2017

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). animal trainer Walter Klauser in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 11 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3190. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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