“The elephants I grew to know and love at the circus were beaten daily with sharp bull hooks and chained like prisoners for hours on end.” —Tom Rider, former Ringling Bros. employee After nearly nine ...

(WFLA) — The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus ... “We wanted to come out and support them.” The three-ring circus, known for elephants, lions and tigers ran for 146 years before ...

Picture the gates of a zoo closing for the final time. The crowd disperses, the animal enclosures grow silent, and […] ...

With its charismatic ringmasters, colorful clowns, and high-flying acrobats, Ringling Bros. was renowned for its showmanship. But behind the scenes, the circus was anything but entertaining for the ...

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The rise and fall of the Ringling empire follows seven brothers and one sister through the heyday of the Roaring Twenties to financial downfall during the Great Depression. 'Circus King' John ...