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POLK CITY, Fla. -- The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show's elephants from its performances by 2018, saying that growing public concern about how the animals are treated led to the decision. Executives from Feld Entertainment PETA claims Ringling Bros. has been plagued by TB in its elephants, forcing them to retire the animals. A spokesman for the company vehemently denied the claims. A damning report showing a high rate of tuberculosis among circus elephants may have forced Since Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced that in a few years they will be retiring their elephants, some people have moaned that children will be deprived of one of the great experiences of life: seeing an elephant. Supposedly, these Ethical progress means no more elephants at the circus. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus this week announced plans to phase out elephants due to the complaints of animal-rights activists regarding the well-being of the beasts. Acrobats flipping March 6, 2015, 7:16 AM |Elephants will leave the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus stages forever. The decision caps years of legal battles, but the circus' owner denies caving to animal rights activists. Vicente Arenas reports. The stunning announcement this week from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus — that it will drop elephants entirely from its traveling show — is terrific news for a majestic species of animal. It’s also a triumph of public awareness. As .

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. .