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Treatment of elephants and other circus animals in USA is regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under the 1966 Animal Welfare Act. Circuses are subject to unannounced USDA inspections that make sure animals have proper nutrition, sanitation, protection from the weather and veterinary care. Violations can result in fines of up to $2,500 per day and, in extreme cases, shutting down a circus.

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Shrine Circus not bothered by Windsor animal-rights protesters

2010-07-07 - Windsor, United States.

There will be protests when the Shrine Circus comes to Windsor today, promises a local animal rights group. But Larry Solheim, the general manager of the circus, says the groups criticism hasnt hurt attendance. ´If anything, they draw attention to the fact that the circus is in town,´ Solheim said. ´Its not the majority of the people that have this opinion. Its a very small but vocal group.´ As they have in years past, the Windsor Animal Action Group has announced they wi...

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Jumbos out of the circus and living the good life

2010-05-17 - Pukekohe, New Zealand.

Kapiti animal rights campaigners say their battle to save Jumbo the elephant has proved worthwhile, with news the former circus performer is making big strides in her rehabilitation. The 37-year-old African elephant caused a stir in Paraparaumu when she appeared in the Loritz Circus in 2008, with a group of local protestors unhappy with her treatment.

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Escaped circus elephant squats Italian garden

2010-04-27 - Rome, Italy.

Residents of an Italian village were surprised to find an elephant relaxing in their garden on Tuesday after she escaped from a travelling circus, the ANSA news agency reported. The elephant, named Dumbo and weighing around three-and-a-half tonnes, took a walk from her cage shortly after the Armando Orfei circus arrived in the village of Bassano, around 100 kilometres (65 miles) north of Rome.

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Intimate circus show thrills fans in White Plains

2010-02-15 - White Plains, New York, United States. Aman Ali

Baby elephant Val performs for the crowd during the Royal Hanneford Circus performance at the Westchester County Center in White Plains Feb. 14, 2010.

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Circus Maximus

2010-02-12 - Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States.

Three of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey elephants watch calmly, nibbling on their lunch of hay, while circus workers run power lines and set upstages and props for the show at Calsonic Arena. Circus performances will be 7 p.m. today; 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday. The all-access "pre-show" on the floor of Calsonic Arena one hour prior to circus time allows spectators to meet and interact with clowns and other circus performers.

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Baby Barack, the elephant, will not appear at circus stop in Birmingham

2010-01-26 - Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Alec Harvey

Baby Barack, the year-old Asian elephant making his debut in the current tour of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, will not appear during the circus stop in Birmingham this week, a publicist for the show says. After appearing in Orlando and Jacksonville, the first two stops of the new tour, Baby Barack returned with his mother, Bonnie, to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation, a 200-acre facility run in Polk County, Fla. "The Ringling Bros. ...

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Elephant Ban Among Vermont"s Statehouse Action

2010-01-14 - Montpelier, Vermont, United States.

In a year dominated by a mammoth state budget crisis, statehouse lawmakers have found plenty of other causes to sponsor. "You know the old saying, Every bill is important to somebody or it wouldnt have been introduced," Gov. Jim Douglas said Thursday. The new proposals now pending cover everything from allowing Mom and Pop stores to sell hard liquor -- to requiring "chain restaurants" to publish nutritional information on menus. One would up the penalty for "super speeders" while another would f...

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No jumbo performance in Pune circus

2009-12-22 - Pune, India. Vivek Sabnis

Circus may soon phase out elephants after an order from Central Zoo Authority. The popular Rambo circus will probably not have its most famous elephant trick this season. And this is because the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) is contemplating to move all elephants from the zoo and circuses to wildlife parks and sanctuaries.

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New Ringling circus show takes inspiration from founder

2009-12-16 - Tampa, United States. SARAH HOYE

For 140 years, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey has let kids be kids and adults be kids, too. Also making his debut today was Barack, a baby Asian elephant born Jan. 19. To mark the 200th birthday of circus entertainer extraordinaire P.T. Barnum, organizers promise the making of their biggest, over-the-top show to date when it roars into town Jan. 6 with Barnums FUNundrum, a celebration inspired by the greatest showman who ever lived.

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From elephant escort duty to Z Cars: Amazing police archive snaps show what the real "Life On Mars" was like in the late 1950s

2009-12-04 - Cheshire, United Kingdom. LIZ HULL

Leading circus elephants along the street, driving to work in a horse and cart or sending a message via carrier pigeon are duties which have long since disappeared from modern day policing. But as these photographs show they were all in a days work for bobbies on the beat during the last century.
The bygone images, which date back to 1904, give a fascinating insight into the duties of police officers at a time when political correctness and health and safety had yet to make an impact on t...

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