the amazing career of this talented artist with his performing animals
Presenting here 40 years of Bela Tabak's career. Look at these pictures and you will see how amazing job he did in many circuses around the world with his trained horses, camels, elephants, hippopotamus, dogs, llamas, ponies, tibetan yaks, birds, and more.
 1965: Bela in a flip flap (flic-flac) on the horse |
 1965: world class bareback riding act, with Bela and his brother inlaw on top of his head |
 1965: Bela Tabak performing "salto mortale" on the running horse |
 1974: Bela and his famiy receiving first price in Montecarlo from princess Caroline |
 1979: Layout sommersault to the top of elephant |
 1980: Bela's favorite elephant |
 1981: Bela riding on arabian horse while practicing with camels |
 1982:click on image to read text |
 1983:click on image to read text |
 1986: Bela practicing with hippopotamus |
 1986: In every training Bela carries his treatbag |
 1986: Hippo receiving his treat |
 1987: performing with mixed animals |
 1988: Bela's head inside aligator mouth, dangerous act! |
 1989: training a minihorse on teeterboard/seesaw |
 "performing peacocks" in 1989 was the only peacock-act in the world |
 white peacock, very inteligent bird! |
 all peacocks with original wings, flying during the show |
 1990: training minihorses only with verbal commands |
 1980: Bela at the bottom, the highly-regarded performance |
 2003: performing tibetan yaks, unique in US |
 "move ahead guys, almost I have no room here at the back" |
 "stay quiet, don't move! it's not an easy job down here" |
 Bela always grateful to Viviane for her great help |
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