Ringling Bros. Banished To NJ Next Year

For years there have been rally cries from animal rights protesters whenever the circus comes to town, specifically, whenever the elephants are trotted down the street in anticipation of their run at Madison Square Garden. Well now the NY Times reports that for the first time in 80 years, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus will not be coming to Manhattan for their annual springtime shows... in fact, they won't even be coming to any of the five boroughs. Instead the circus will be banished to New Jersey, where they'll extend their run at the Meadowlands.

The circus will likely be back in 2012, however, as it's only being displaced due to some big renovations going down at the Garden. No word yet on if New Jersey will host the Elephant Parade this year, but parading animals through East Rutherford seems too cruel... even for Ringling.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on December 7, 2010 3:23 PM

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sssocialservice

Anyone who watches animals get beaten for the sole purpose of family entertainment is seriously deranged..

Guest

Really, people visiting the circus are watching animals being beaten?

YOU'RE A MORON.

openheads

"No word yet on if New Jersey will host the Elephant Parade this year, but parading animals through East Rutherford seems too cruel... even for Ringling."

Other than your childish provincialism & sad attempt to garner page views by belittling New Jersey; why would that be cruel?

Lost in Space

I never really liked the Ringling Bros circus. It's way too big and too much going on at the same time. Multi-ring circuses are too chaotic for my taste. I do enjoy the Big Apple Circus, though.

Dead Himmler

sad news. Elephants in circuses are really funny to watch. Seeing them made to walk through a tunnel is priceless.

yaxi81

how can you find humor in that?? It's cruel, these helpless animals are forced to live as slaves for entertainment. Tortured and abused have miserable lives.

Guest

somewhere, off in the distance, felixthecat is having a wank in celebration of this news. do it for the elephants felix. those sweet, sassy elephants...