Dresden to Pittsburgh

Thabo

This young bull elephant, like me, is moving from Dresden to Pittsburgh's Highland Park neighborhood this month. Thabo attacked his keepers last year, injuring one of them severely, and needs a new home. The Pittsburgh Zoo down the street from Wellesley Rd. offered to take him, as they have a good herd of bull elephants, plenty of room, and, I guess, more courageous keepers. So he's being shipped in a giant crate later this month. Thabo, five, was born and raised in the Dresden Zoo, a result of artificial insemination (glad I wasn't there).

Such a cutie!

little Thabo-Umasai (his full name)

The Sächsische Zeitung in Dresden did an interview with me shortly before my departure, with the hook that both of us were soon leaving for Pittsburgh. They also asked me a lot of questions about what I have been doing in Dresden musically, and took pictures of me in the Professor's office, and in front of it with bassoon. We'll see what kind of article they come up with. Soon, I imagine.