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Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus is phasing out its elephant acts over the next three years. The Greatest Show on Earth was under enormous pressure from the public and cities to stop mistreating its elephants, something Ringling Brothers has POLK CITY, Fla. (AP) — Animal rights activists were stunned when the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced it would eliminate elephants from its circus performances by 2018. "Monumental and long overdue," was how the BANGOR, Maine — A local photographer who was called to testify in Washington, D.C., about an emaciated circus elephant he documented in Bangor several years ago was pleased this week to hear that elephants will be phased out of the Ringling Bros. POLK CITY, Fla. (AP) — Elephants have always been part of The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, ever since showman P.T. Barnum brought Jumbo, "a massive 12-foot African elephant," to America in 1882 to star in the "Greatest Show on Earth. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will remove the 13 elephants from its traveling shows in the year 2018 and will send them to its Center for Elephant Conservation in Florida, the circus's production company, Feld Entertainment, said. POLK CITY, Fla. - The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively that growing public concern about how the animals are treated led to the .

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus will discontinue elephant performances by 2018, only a few months after a ban on the use of bullhooks for handling elephants in Oakland is set to take effect. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf hailed the announcement as a Wind Chill Advisory issued March 6 at 5:56AM EST expiring March 6 at 10:00AM EST in effect for: Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Washington, Baltimore City Wind Chill Advisory issued March 5 at 7:47PM EST expiring March 6 at 10:00AM EST in effect Many in the animal-welfare community are applauding a Thursday decision that the “greatest show on Earth” will phase out its most iconic act, parading pachyderms. Feld Entertainment, the Florida-based parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum RINGLING BROTHERS – The legendary circus has announced that they will be phasing out the iconic elephants act. They claim they are the best when it comes to live show entertainment and don’t need the elephants in order to execute a great act. .