Gordon Howes

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☨ Gordon Howes
Profession	circus animal trainer
Personal details
Born	?
Dead	1978 in Ireland
Country	United Kingdom

Locations
Title	animal trainer -1978
Location	at Fossett Brothers Circus (Powell & Clarke) in Ireland

Biography details

Gordon Howes , circus animal trainer in United Kingdom

Born ? dead 1978 in Ireland .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Baby (trainer to 1963)

Citation Mike Austin : But not all of his memories have been fond ones, his best friend, Gordon Howes, was mauled to death by two lions during a training session in Ireland in 1978. Mike looks at the floor solemnly as he holds out the tooth from the lion that killed his friend. He describes how Gordons three children were watching as the lions attacked him; his last words were "take the kids out."

Family

Total: 1 children

Michael Howes. Born: ?.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). animal trainer Gordon Howes in Ireland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3015. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Jim Clubb, UK
https://thebigtopdebate.wordpress.com/tag/circus-ginnett/

Selected publications

Links about Michael Howes

https://thebigtopdebate.wordpress.com/tag/circus-ginnett/

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