Ringling's Elephants Stomped Through Manhattan

The Ringling Bros. brought their circus through Manhattan last night, as they headed to Madison Square Garden to set up shop through April 13th. While many were on hand to see the elephants walk through the city, others showed up in full force to protest the circus and their acts of cruelty towards the animals. If you're in the latter group, today you can attend "The Greatest Showdown on Earth: New York League of Humane Voters vs. Ringling Bros. Circus," which is an exciting name for a press conference being held outside of MSG at noon.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on March 24, 2009 11:30 AM

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Aaditi

If an elephant lives long enough to use up all of its teeth then it literally starves to death. In males, a pair of incisors may become elongated into tusks that grow an average of 17 cm (6.7 in) per year throughout the mammal’s lifetime. Interestingly, a significant number of adult males lack having tusks, and the percentage seems to vary by region (possibly reflecting the intensity of past ivory hunting), from only about 5% in Sri Lanka to 90% in southern India. Unlike African elephant females, Asian females possess only small tusks (or tushes) which seldom become distinguishable from their upper lips. Other noteworthy features of this species include having well-developed senses of hearing, smell, and touch. Additionally, constant flapping motion of the ears affords a rather effective means of dissipating body heat for this huge creature.

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Safari

The elephants look horrible. So sad.

valeriob

yay circus!

Safari

Your class clown act is pathetic, Grow up buffoon.

felixthecat2

http://www.awionline.org/wildlife/elephants/rbsuit.htm

In addition to demonstrating how Ringling Bros. mistreats its Asian elephants, we will also present evidence involving the deaths of at least four baby elephants who have died in the care of Ringling Bros. over the past few years: Two-year-old Benjamin died when his trainer came after him with a bull hook, four-year-old Kenny was made to perform in three shows when he was extremely ill, eight-month-old Riccardo mysteriously broke both of his hind legs while "climbing on a round platform 19 inches high," and eleven-day-old Bertha died in the summer of 2005, her birth and death never even announced by Ringling Bros.