Use, treatment of elephants causes brouhaha under the big top
Elephant handler Ryan Henning says Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey lavishes the animals with care.
Heinz Kluetmeier
from: kentucky.com
By Mary Meehan
September 5, 2012
Circus defends, some decry elephants' use
When the circus comes to town, there is literally an elephant in the room.
Animal rights activists, notably People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, are not fans. The group's Web site includes anti-circus videos such as Circus Elephants: Training and Tragedy, details of the alleged cruelty circus animals suffer, and hints for keeping the circus from coming to town.
The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and its animals, are at Rupp Arena in Lexington through Sunday.
Carl Hall, director of arena management at Rupp, said he hadn't gotten any calls, but he expected some kind of demonstration, as there has been every year in recent memory that the circus has come to town.
"They come every year after the first performance," he said.
Rupp has set up a special area for the protesters to make their case. Hall says he goes out to chat with them. The crowd has ranged from a handful to several dozen, he said.
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