List of US|Based Circus Elephant Incidents
The Truth Behind the Curtain: Banning Performing Circus Elephants
It is also important to remember that these are large wild animals and pose a physical danger to both circus employees and the public. Elephants ...
Strangled elephant, mishaps, Detroit's ties to 'Greatest Show'
Kid Rock's use of the trademarked "Greatest Show on Earth" resulted in the lawsuit filed by the circus' parent company, Florida-based Feld ...
Sparks Alice (Jumbo Lou) at Lewis Brothers Circus in United States
Conneaut, OH accident, 23 April, 2006 - At Conneaut, Ohio in the 1940's two (and possibly three) elephants were killed when the truck carrying them stalled ...
10 Famous Elephants From History
Jumbo was the star of the Barnum & Bailey Circus until 1885 when he was struck and killed in an Ontario rail-yard accident. In the years ...
Large and at-large in 1926: the year more than a dozen elephants ...
Elephants were the focus of lots of news coverage in 1926, when a dozen circus elephants escaped in Cranbrook, B.C. One, Charlie Ed, ...
Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey 132nd Circus Elephant Plush 16 ...
Great condition. Stands approx. Made for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The Circus closed on May 21, 2017 after 146 years.
What happened to the circus elephants after Ringling Bros ... - Quora
All of them—40 at the time—were moved to a 200-acre plot of land called Ringling's Center for Elephant Conservation (CEC). One year later, the ...
Elephants and the Circus - CounterPunch.org
This 15-year old elephant was working for the King Royal Circus. During a performance in Lebanon, Oregon, he refused to do a trick. The trainer ...
10 Most Horrific Circus Accidents In History - Listverse
On September 12, 1916, Mary trampled her handler, Red Eldridge, to death. There are various accounts of what led to the attack—from Eldridge ...
Cole Bros. Circus fire in 1940 killed animals in Fulton County
No doubt many of the patrons of the Rochester taverns went on the wagon as a result of the encounters with stray elephants roaming the streets.
A German Circus Uses Stunning Holograms Instead of Live Animal ...
At performances of Circus Roncalli in Germany, an elephant stands before the audience, its ears flapping and trunk wagging. It hoists up its ...
Circus History and the Taming of Empire - SixByEight Press
Where horses and dogs once took center stage, circuses would add elephants, lions, tigers and other exotic animals to draw in larger and larger ...
With Ringling ending its pachyderm acts, a look at 3 circus ... - AL.com
The recent announcement by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus that it will discontinue elephant acts in 2018 shined a spotlight on an ...
Circus elephants' escape captivated Oklahoma in 1975
As the 1,500-pound animals rumbled past, circus employees — including the trainer — ran after them, even though it was pointless.
The Perverse Logic of Trump's Nomination Circus - The Atlantic
An illustration showing elephants in a circus. Illustration by The ... The list of wild picks also includes Tulsi Gabbard, the walking ...
ASPCA to pay $9.3 million to Ringling Bros. circus over claims about ...
The ASPCA and others originally filed suit in 2000 against Feld Entertainment, producer of the circus, accusing the Virginia-based company of ...
Remembering Tyke, Rebellious Circus Elephant, And Her ... - HuffPost
Tyke, a 20-year-old female African elephant, was in Honolulu with Circus International. On August 20, 1994, during the show, Tyke entered the ring at the ...
Ringling Bros. to end its elephant circus acts - CBS News
Elephants will leave the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus stages forever. The decision caps years of legal battles, ...
The Sadness Of Circus Elephants, In One Photo - The Dodo
... stories and videos to help make caring about animals a viral cause ... U.S. circuses to elephant attractions in Asia. In Thailand and other ...
Circus elephants from Ringling Bros. moving to conservation center
The Asian elephants, which have been at the center of a long debate over performing animals, will get a 2,500-acre, state-of-the-art habitat.