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Mayor Bloomberg announced that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be setting up a seaside tent at Coney Island this summer: "For the first time in its 139-year history, The Greatest Show On Earth will make its way to one of the greatest neighborhoods in New York City - Coney Island."

       

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.

The Ringling Bros. dubs the Elephant Walk the "media event of the year," but it's more likely to create a bit of a media circus, which will all go down just before midnight tonight.

Has PETA gone too far? Word is that last week the animal rights activists showed up unannounced and uninvited at a Hempstead elementary school, chosen for its proximity to the Nassau Coliseum, where Ringling Bros. Circus sets up shop starting tomorrow. Their plan was to school the children in circus cruelty, handing out stickers and coloring books that declared, "Circuses are no fun for animals." While this may be true, many are criticizing the organization for their tactics, saying their method is inappropriate—a psychologist noted that the children "might go home and be very anxious" because they "are less mature in their cognitive process."