Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus bid farewell to its performing elephants on Sunday, as the show closed its own chapter on a practice that has entertained audiences in America for two centuries but has come under fire by animal rights activists. “Tonight is a very special night. Tonight, we are all witnessing history, as the nation’s largest living legends take to the arena floor for their final bow,” Ringmaster Johnathan Lee Iverson told the crowd. The crowd cheered as six Asian elephants entered the arena to perform in an act that had them dancing, balancing on each others’ backs, sitting on their hind legs and pretending to sleep. “We came to say farewell to the...
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