Ringling Bros. Announces End to Elephant Performances The iconic animals will be eliminated from shows by 2018 in response to growing concern about their treatment.

The iconic elephants of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will parade into a Rhode Island arena for their final performance Sunday, ending a classic feature of "The Greatest Show on ...

Elephant acts at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be phased out by 2018, the circus' parent company said today. The elephants will retire to a conservation center in Polk City, Fla.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is dropping its elephant acts. Thirteen traveling-circus elephants will retire to Florida by 2018.

Taba Maluenda instructs an Indian elephant named Asia how to hit during a Miami Marlins batting practice featuring elephants from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Miami on January ...

The curtain fell a final time for elephants performing at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as the circus ended a practice that enthralled audiences for two centuries but became caught ...

The parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus says it will stop using elephants in shows by 2018. Members of the public have voiced concerns about how the animals are treated.

Executives with the parent company of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus said Monday that a decision to remove elephants from the show in response to pressure from animal rights groups ...

Ringling Bros. announced Thursday, Feb. 5, that it plans to phase out elephants from its traveling circus acts by 2018 Letting the elephants roam free.

The elephants that are now part of the Ringling Bros. shows will be sent to the circus' Center for Elephant Conservation in Florida. In total, there will be 42 elephants at the center.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show’s iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, saying public concern about animals treatment led to the decision.

An Asian elephant performs during the national anthem for the final elephant performance during the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sunday, May 1, 2016, in Providence, R.I.