Renee Stoll reports on the decision by Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey to phase out elephants from the circus by 2018. POLK CITY, Fla. -- The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase ...

(Reuters) - The elephant acts that have been part of Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus shows for more than a century will end in May, earlier than their previously announced retirement, the ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes today’s Associated Press (AP) report that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out its elephant acts by 2018. All 43 of ...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus bid farewell to its performing elephants on Sunday, as the show closed its own chapter on a practice that has entertained audiences in ...

PROVIDENCE, Ri. (CNN) – After years of giant tricks and synchronized dances, the elephants at Ringling Bros. will perform in one final act Sunday. The elephants’ last show will be in Providence, Rhode ...