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On the Matter of Elephant Rights

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 08.26.2009 | Green


Roseanne Colletti

Would you feel differently about circus animals doing back flips or dancing on cue if you knew they were being hit with a bull hook or struck with a whip?

The Saddest Show on Earth

Ingrid Newkirk | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green


Ingrid Newkirk

It takes a lot to get circusgoers to see beyond the headdresses and glitter to that metal-tipped bullhook sinking into an elephant's soft flesh behind her ears and knees.

Ringling Bros. Elephant Abuse VIDEO: Employees Caught On Tape Beating Animals

Huffington Post | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green


PETA has released a new video documenting what the animal rights organization deems abuse of elephants by workers for Ringling Bros. circus. The video...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Coney Island, Brooklyn

NY Metro Parents. | NY Metro Parents | Posted 08.14.2009 | Home


For the first time ever, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus have set up their big top on the Coney Island boardwalk!...

Reckoning at Ringling Bros.

Leslie Griffith | Posted 03.07.2009 | Entertainment


Leslie Griffith

Buying his way out of trouble is a way of life for Ken Feld, but this time, he just may be trapped. These animal rights people are not clowning around!

The Circus: Saddest Show on Earth?

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.05.2008 | Living


Joel Schwartzberg

My kids and I recently went to the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus at New Jersey's Izod Center. One thing I didn't expect was a group of anti-circus protesters, shouting gory details of animal torture and holding crude signs.