By: yxeds
25/08/2009
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| Let us know your memories of Kashin, Auckland Zoo's 40-year-old elephant, who died yesterday... |
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By: stubbornforge
25/08/2009
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awwwwwwwwww I just read that.
How sad..I remember Kashin.
Do you all remember the ASB Kashin money boxes?
RIP .xoxox |
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By: chemsworth@xtra.co.nz
25/08/2009
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| I remember installing pumps in Kashins enclosure. It was awesome having an elephant standing watching me work. |
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By: kiwibeca
25/08/2009
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My great grandmother used to live behind the Zoo, so we used to go there quite a bit when I was little. (Along with numerous School Trips etc.) I remember going to see Kashin, and her mate Mashwie in that horrible old Elephant House. Thankfully, the zoo have long since moved on from that one.
Kashin was a much loved part of Auckland Zoo, and she'll be sadly missed by humans and animals alike.
RIP Kashin. :"( |
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By: ratgnatbat
25/08/2009
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| Burma is the one I have sympathy for. No friend to talk too now. |
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By: datagarble
25/08/2009
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I wonder what they will do with its body?
Buried on the zoo grounds? |
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By: ratgnatbat
25/08/2009
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| or stuffed and placed next to Rajah ( hes looking a bit moth eaten) |
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By: albertoeinsteinovich
25/08/2009
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| Here's a chance for packedinacaketin to move up the food chain. You could park the holden in Kashins' old cage too, Pal. |
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By: datagarble
25/08/2009
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| Yes stuffed would seem the best option rat. |
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By: gbmmphil@xtra.co.nz
25/08/2009
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| Sure do - bought one each for my two daughters. Made numerous visits to the zoo whilst kids were young. |
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By: its_muzz_again
25/08/2009
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| I might put a bid in for the carcass. There's 4 good umbrella stands to be had there. |
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By: ratgnatbat
25/08/2009
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| or rubbish bins... |
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By: datagarble
25/08/2009
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| Wonders what elephant biltong would taste like?? |
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By: barbarianwarriorferocious
25/08/2009
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| Man Auckland zoo just not going to be the same anymore without Kashin |
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By: bill.osullivan@xtra.co.nz
25/08/2009
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40 years !!
Now that is spooky.So far back...like Woodstock.
Go well in Elephant Nirvana Kashin.
Thanks for the memories. |
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By: albertoeinsteinovich
25/08/2009
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I remember seeing Kashin and Paladin interacting once.
It was delightful.
Kashin went charging through the baboon enclosure and knocked down Paladins' lean-to. Paladin just got up, scratched the place where his balls used to be and pretended nothing had happened.
Later Paladin climbed the tree near Kashins' enclosure and started scratching Kashins' back, even though Kashin had caused the total structural failure of his sanctuary.
Paladin didn't even bat an eyelid either, when Kashin took a dump in Paladins' yard, causing the loss of Paladins' liberty, while the staff cleaned up the mess. He is such a meek baboon, who enjoys a good reaming, he will no doubt miss Kashin dearly. |
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By: taff.pam@xtra.co.nz
25/08/2009
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| RIP grand old lady. |
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By: palladin22
25/08/2009
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Ummmm...it was an incarcerated pachyderm and it has died...so what?
Good grief...memories?...proba bly an awful smell...runny eyes...defeated attitude...just another imprisoned animal to be used as amusement for parents to take bored kids out for the day...
Bet the old beast is thrilled it is finally free and not being gawked at by a bunch of losers... |
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By: palladin22
25/08/2009
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| good on ya muzza...put me down for the tusks...grind them suckers and sell to the Japanese restaurants.... |
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By: chris_phoenix_nz
25/08/2009
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| Wow Palladin, a bug really flew down your throat, laid its eggs which all hatched and died. |
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By: holdenvk@xtra.co.nz
25/08/2009
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I remember taking my grumpy mother in law to the zoo while she was in Auckland for the first time, we were standing at the fence of the enclosure watching the keeper hosing Kashin down and out of the blue Kashin turned and sprayed my mother in law from head to toe.! It was the funniest thing I have ever seen, it took all my might to keep a straight face.!!!
RIP Kashin and thanks for that.! :) |
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By: countrygalnz
25/08/2009
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| yes rip Kashin, in a park out towards killburnie there is an elephant buried there that died while in a circus many years ago, I am sure they will have a site for the beloved Kashin. I have only seen the elephants once at Auckland zoo, and it is amazing how quietly they walk around the pavements, I can remember patting their trunks, a sad day indeed, but dear Kashin in not suffering any longer. |
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By: palladin22
25/08/2009
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Chris - zoos are hideous and should be closed...my view...outdated places that to me have on show the saddest examples of the animals they represent...
Never once took my kids to the awful things...grew up in Africa...if you want to see animals, go there...take your kids... |
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By: countrygalnz
25/08/2009
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palladin
not everyone has the finances etc to go to africa, and not only that, there is a place in all zoos to see endangered species, so yes a zoo is the rite place to see these animals |
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By: palladin22
25/08/2009
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Fabulous countrygal - let's pop to the zoo and see some caged Tiger...the most fantastic of all the cats...lying in some tiny enclosure...we can point and say "look Sebastian..." as the snotty little thing licks an icecream???
No thanks.
Cant make it to Africa or Asia?
Then buy a book and read that at bed time... |
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