An animal trainer was trampled to death by his own elephant in front of a horrified circus crowd - before it escaped and went on a rampage through the streets. Tyke was a 20-year-old African bush elephant being forced to perform with Circus International at the Neal Blaisdell Centre in Honolulu, Hawaii, when the tragedy unfolded. During the fateful show on August 20, 1994, audience members spotted her kicking around what looked like a dummy. One eyewitness told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser: “We