Thursday, March 05, 2015
Ringling Brothers circus plans to stop using elephants in its shows by 2018
The Verge: The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus will begin phasing out the use of elephants in its shows, The Associated Press reports. Thirteen Asian elephants will continue to tour with the company for a few more years before retiring to Ringling's Center for Elephant Conservation in central Florida by 2018.
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I'm glad that there was an article posted on the blog about this, because i've been thinking about what a big step this is for this company. I've always been strictly against Ringling, because of their use of animals for entertainment, which I personally find inherently problematic and quite ridiculous. Their production value has always been fantastic, just because I feel like everything has always been very polished and very entertaining, and it's disappointing to see their abusive side when it comes to the animals involved. This is also demonstrating a great deal of interest in understanding their consumers, because I certainly do believe that these kinds of sympathies are rapidly growing, some even might call this the "Blackfish" effect. I also can see why PETA is upset by this, because it does seem a little odd that their citing customer interest but keeping the elephants performing for the next 3 years. I can understand that there could be a lot of logistics and losses involved with transporting them and such, but at the same time it would make a much more positive statement for them to just call it quits now, would it not?
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