Murray Hill Enterprises in United States

Murray Hill Enterprises

Type	dealer

Owner	-: Murray Hill
Place	Burlington
Region	Wisconsin
Country	United States

Directors

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants	1963: Joe Orth (elephant trainer)

Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates	2024-01-06

Latest document update	2024-01-06 07:42:05
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Murray Hill Enterprises, in Burlington, United States .

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Denny was our first elephant in April of 1963. We knew nothing about elephants and hired several so called elephant trainers. We ended up with a man that had been a groom to Mac McDonald. His name was Joe Orth. Denise and I learned a lot from him and either of us could handle and work her.

I originally imported her to sell. I advertised her and had all kinds of calls. Everyone was interested until I told them she was a bottle baby. I was stuck with her. The best thing that ever happened to me.

We worked her as a single until 1966. When we decided to form a 3 act we used Denny as lead but she was much bigger than the other punks. We sold her in 1966 to Charlie Kelton of Wt. River.

Murray Hill Blogspot.

Onyx, Tory and Dutchess, presented by Murray Hill, performed as a three act known as the "Mitie Mites." The combined weight of the Group did not exceed one thousand pounds at one point.

In Elephant Volume 2, Number 2, pages 162-163, we reported the announcement in "The Circus Report" of an animal refuge facility in Missouri called "Packy Foundation." Since this article was published in 1983, "Murray Hill", the name used by the organizer of this shelter, has been moving across the North American continent with two female Asian elephants ("Tory*' and "Duchess"). Arlan Seidon, who used the name "Murray Hill", reportedly took back the elephants from Edward and Dick Drake of California. Seidon has evaded a court order to return the animals to the Drakes but has recently announced that "he would come forward to face criminal charges . .. if he wins a safe haven for the elephants."

SOURCES: Detroit free Press, Monday, July 29, 1985, page 3C, and The Detroit News, Thursday, March 3, 1988, page 3A.

Elephant Research Foundation, Elephant Notes and News

References for records about Murray Hill Enterprises

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2024). Murray Hill Enterprises, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1919. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1183&context=elephant

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