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Sunday, February 9, 2014

Circus elephant hurt in drive-by shooting returning to Mississippi after recovering at Missouri farm
February 6
The Associated Press
TUPELO, Miss. — A circus elephant is coming back to Mississippi, nearly a year after being injured in a drive-by shooting. 
Carol, a 39-year-old Asian elephant, spent several weeks recovering at a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus farm in Springfield, Mo., after the April 9, 2013, shooting 
outside BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Miss. The animal was shot in the shoulder.
No arrests have been made but the case remains open.
Circus spokeswoman Melinda Hartline tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that Carol will return as a part of the Super Circus Heroes show. The new show will run from April 3-6.
Hartline says Carol has been back performing, "doing what she loves" and there were no second thoughts about 

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/06/4802669/circus-elephant-hurt-in-drive.html#storylink=cpy

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