Alex Vargas with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus hoses off elephants after their arrival Tuesday at US Airways Center in Phoenix. The pachyderms will perform with the circus, which opens today for 10 performances through Sunday.

2007-06-27 - Phoenix, United States , John Faherty

There is something particularly weird about the sight of 10 elephants making their way through downtown Phoenix. To see an animal whose natural habitat in Southeast Asia taking a right from First Street onto Jackson Street is jarring. The short walk from the train tracks to US Airways Center on Tuesday was part marketing ploy to announce that the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is in town and begins performing tonight.

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