Elephant Walk

In September of 2011 the Barnum and Bailey Circus, who had been performing at the Cow Palace, brought the show to the streets of San Francisco in a rarely seen “Elephant Walk”. The lumbering elephants clasping on to each other from trunk to tale made their way down Geneva Avenue flayed by hoards of onlookers. It was definitely a mixed crowd as animal cruelty protestors passed out flyers to families and carried signs condemning the circus for their treatment of elephants, tigers, and horses. As you can see from the above picture, the procession made its rounds right by our corporate office in Brisbane and left us a ,well, souvenir. Being a person working in the energy field, I couldn’t help but think of its use as an alternate fuel source. And looking down at that formidable pile of elephant dung, I could see why someone might have thought it to be an abundant resource. But as any animal protestor will tell you, the elephant population is endangered– probably not a reliable source to replace or even supplement oil demands.