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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPixs of Ringling Bros. Circus - Alas, no more
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performed for the last time in New England. After 146 years in May 2017, The Greatest Show on Earth ended it historic run.
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/bigpicture/2017/05/09/the-circus-leaves-town/zVdnqqN4HOpIp8xPdslscL/story.html?p1=Gallery_InThisSection_Bottom
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Pixs of Ringling Bros. Circus - Alas, no more (Original Post)
packman
Jul 2017
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Cruelty and abuse of animals.... FOR ENTERTAINMENT (for the Love of God) is abhorrent!
Just google cruelty circus animals (if you can stomach it)
https://www.google.com/search?q=cruelty+circus+animals&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH4OXmlPjUAhVL_4MKHc65AIUQ_AUICigB&biw=1620&bih=705&dpr=1
CrispyQ
(36,490 posts)2. Good! Find entertainment in some other form, other than being cruel to animals. -nt
demmiblue
(36,873 posts)3. Good. n/t
chia
(2,244 posts)4. Good riddance. Making caged animals perform is cruel. And clowns are creepy.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)5. Good Riddance.
Circuses with only human performers are fine.
And...maybe animals that enjoy doing tricks like dogs.
But carting these animals around in small crates for months at a time is beyond cruelty.
These animals are victims of greed.