Gothamist: Big Elephants on Parade

Aly

Tue, 29 May 2007 10:34:06 -0500

Elephants deserve to be in the wild, not to be walking line in line on the streets with a man with a bullhook!

Susanne

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:57:26 -0500

I saw a poster that said the Ringling Bros. circus is coming to NYC on the 23rd. I was wondering when the elephants will be walking through the Midtown Tunnel.

Ellen

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:50:19 -0500

When do they march out of the city, since I missed them coming in last week?

NY'er

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:26:08 -0500

I used to love the circus as a child- how often can a city kid see big cats and elephants that close? Then i grew up and learned how horrible the "capturing & training" is to these intelligent animals overseas and have boycotted them ever since. Being caged and travelling is no life for an animal.

nola

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:48:19 -0500

They do the same thing when they leave, but nobody seems to pay any attention. We watched them exit last year and it was great - practically nobody there, just a line of elephants walking across 34th St and some very startled pedestrians.

Doug

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:35:23 -0500

From a reader: Would you tell David that the best place to watch the elephants is at The Barking Dog on 34th Street between Third & Lex. Though it's on the wrong side of the street, there's a party there thrown by the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association: hats, clown noses, trunks, munchies, cash bar, etc. Last year, there were snowball fights and snowmen and, oh yeah, elephants.

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:58:51 -0500

do they do a parade when they leave? They would have to do the same thing on the way out right?

pink elephants on parade

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:57:17 -0500

The elephants actually walk pretty fast. I'd say it's more of a jog. But watching the elephants isn't as fun as watching the stampede of elephant-watchers swarming the streets.

Babar

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:27:00 -0500

Ahh..there is nothing like watching charasmatic megafauna parade around and do stupid tricks for our entertainment.