Elephants and CMP

[Andrew H.]

I remember Bullens and Ridgeway circuses coming to New Zealand, when I was a kid. I don't know of a CMP connection, but I do remember two elephants dying from tutu poisoning in the 1950s. They were parked in an open-topped truck at a railway siding and reached up to sample the local greenery. Unfortunately for them it was tutu (Corearia Arborea) which is one of the most toxic plants in NZ.