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> In 1928 he conducted the funeral service of Sayaid Ali, an elephant keeper at London Zoo who had been murdered in his bed by a rival elephant keeper. This se
by rossng 2y ago
> In 1928 he conducted the funeral service of Sayaid Ali, an elephant keeper at London Zoo who had been murdered in his bed by a rival elephant keeper.
This sentence begs for an entire blog post of its own.
- kombookcha 2y agoYeah, very curious about how there is this calibre of high stakes drama and intrigue among 1920s elephant keepers.