Today is the 15th anniversary of Tyke’s murder in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1994. She was an 8,000-pound female African elephant who was “owned” by John Cuneo and “performed” with Circus International. During a performance in front of hundreds of paying spectators she crushed her trainer to death and bolted from the arena running through downtown streets of Kakaako for more than thirty minutes. Police fired 86 shots into her before she collapsed and died from the wounds.
Grumpy From Birth But Vegan Since 1976
Welcome to Grumpy Vegan
- Kim Stallwood is an independent scholar and author on animal rights. His forthcoming book, Animal Dharma, explores what it means to care deeply about animals. Starting in 1976, he has held leadership positions with some of the world’s foremost organisations in the UK and US, including CIWF, BUAV, PETA, The Animals’ Agenda, Animals and Society Institute and Minding Animals International. A vegetarian since 1974 when as a student he worked in a chicken slaughterhouse. A vegan since 1976. His evil twin is the Grumpy Vegan.
