Elephants to perform for final time at Ringling Bros Circus
After Sunday, there will be no more elephants at the Ringling Brothers Circus.
Click here for reuse options!Six Asian elephants will deliver their final performances in Providence, Rhode Island, and five will perform in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, during several shows on Sunday. The last Providence show will stream live on Facebook and at Ringling.com at 7:45 p.m.
Alana Feld, executive vice president of Feld Entertainment, which owns the circus, said the animals will live at its 200-acre Center for Elephant Conservation in Florida. Its herd of 40 Asian elephants, the largest in North America, will continue a breeding program and be used in a pediatric cancer research project.
Elephants have been used in the circus in America for more than 200 years. In the early 1800s, Hackaliah Bailey added the elephant “Old Bet” to his circus. P.T. Barnum added the African elephant he named “Jumbo” to “The Greatest Show on Earth” in 1882.
The Humane Society says more than a dozen circuses in the United States continue to use elephants. But none tour as widely or are as well- known as Ringling Bros.
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Mensa Member May 1st, 2016 at 12:10
When I was a young teen, the circus came to town and the female performers, in their scandalous outfits (for our rural community) rode elephants around town to drum up business.
I had never seen an elephant nor a woman dressed like that.
Both were very exotic and interesting! (But, as a teen, I think the woman was more so.)
A bunch of us were up close, admiring the pair when the elephant let out an epic poop.
Talk about a study in contrasts!
mistlesuede May 1st, 2016 at 12:42
How about shutting down circuses completely so that all the mistreated animals can live out their lives in sanctuaries?