and Barnum & Bailey Circus’ parent company, Feld Entertainment, Inc., for elephant mistreatment finally went to trial on February 4 in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. AWI and its ...

In September of 1885, the Barnum and Bailey Circus arrived in St. Thomas, Ontario. After the show, Jumbo and a small elephant called Tom Thumb were being loaded into a circus boxcar when an ...

“And PT Barnum and Bailey executed a stunt where herds of elephants (21, to be precise) walked across the bridge to prove it was indeed strong and safe and durable.” Stephenson also explained ...

Spilka added in agreement. Although larger circus companies, like Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, have resumed ...

Circus had more than 1,000 employees, 335 horses, 26 elephants, 16 camels and other assorted animals that travelled on 92 railcars. The Barnum and Bailey Circus was roughly the same size.

Forty elephants live at the Center for Elephant ... when John Ringling and his family founded Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus.