Due to pressure from animal activists, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus will end its elephant acts by 2018. Photos: Reuters
At a Florida retirement home for former circus elephants, residents enjoy a steady diet of high-quality hay and local fruits and vegetables, as well as baths and occasional walks.
For these majestic beasts, this life of relative leisure at the 81ha Center for Elephant Conservation comes after years on the road, entertaining America in "The Greatest Show on Earth" for Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Under pressure from animal rights activists, the circus is now phasing the animals out of its show.
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