The Circus Comes to Town

Last night, Ringling Brothers Circus arrived in Manhattan by way of the Midtown Tunnel. The main attraction was the running of the elephants up 34th Street around 12:30am. The scene was wonderful chaos- a pack of ten or more elephants, followed by horses, shetland ponies, and two or three squads of PETA protesters. A bunch of the photobloggers were on hand to document the happening- throw a link in the comments and we'll add them to this list:

Bluejake- The Running of the Elephants
Pith- Elephants on 34th!

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By Jake Dobkin in Arts & Entertainment on March 23, 2005 12:35 PM

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maddison!!

hello I am a young gurl that thincks that you are mistreatin your anomals I just thaought that i would say that there are other ways to tran and preform animals I really wish that you would concider this! please It is my mision in life to stop this kind of thing so please conseder this comment and tal it to action and this is coming from a 12 year old gurl! can you thinck about what you are doing to them pretend that you are them circeses are fun but you need to think of the animals cac not just that money in your poked because i should be fun for them to!!

Will

I finally posted my more legible shots from the evening.

http://testofwill.blogspot.com/2005/03/running-with-phants.html

scazza

Some short, frantic videos of the elephants and the crowds.

Michael

It's a shame none of the elephants trampled on the PETA idiots.

Emily!

I really want to see the elephants on their way out of town. Does anyone know when that will be? 12:30 of the last night of the show? I'm sad I missed it last night! It looks like it was great fun.