Circus retires elephants: animal tricks 'no longer wanted'

Al Jazeera English 2016-05-02

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Elephants are leaving one of the best known circuses in the United States.

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey say public pressure and new laws are behind the move.
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