Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Animal Walk Washington, D.C. 2009

[MrPollitogatito]

where are the zebras?

[Onlinebeauty1]

HOW PATHETHIC YOU MOTHER FUCKERS SHOULD BE KILLED. THESE ANIMALS HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH. I PLACE THE HIGHEST CONDEMNATION AND ASK GOD THE ALMIGHTY TO PUT YOU ALL IN HELL FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND TO HAVE NO MERCY ON YOUR SOUL. I PROTEST YOU IF YOU EVEN THINK OF PUTTING 1 FOOT IN CANADA. I WILL BE READY FOR YOU.

[gwenethenator]

The elephants looks really, really sad you can see it in their eyes as they walk :(

[surferchick25]

ANIMAL ABUSE.



[veggiewarriors]

"Elephants in circuses are reduced to objects of entertainment for people. An elephant's place is in the wild with its relatives and companions. The totally unnatural existence for circus elephants is a travesty and to allow this practice to continue is unjustified and unethical. The elephants are not happy, nor do they enjoy what they are doing. The maintenance and training of circus elephants involves emotional and physical abuse. "

- Joyce Poole, world famous elephant ethologist

[jbc6]

Boycott the circus!

[putaface101]

they cant even fit thro the door. the music cover up there crying and whinning in pain

[circusboy90210]

@putaface101 there is no music on the walk this was added for this video, and there is no whining involved . I traveled many years with this show and grew up around it , the only whiner is you.

[putaface101]

@circusboy90210 this is cruel and you are an ignorant imbecile if you think other wise. you need mental help. This is abuse! shipping wild animals like cargo, beating them, and forcing them to stand on their heads. Also forcefully impregnating young females. chaining all four of theirs legs while shes in labor. stealing her baby as soon as it hits the floor. Check the ringling records. Count how many baby elephants have died. it lists their names and ages and reason of death. they do cry.

[circusboy90210]

@putaface101 never heard of any cargo that has heat and air conditioning. animals love to please their handlers out of love, positive reinforcement techniques are the norm at Ringling. But you would know that from spending decades around it. artificial insemination is not horribly forceable. all domestic animals go through the same process. whatever man does is natural, as the top of the food chain whatever we do is law of the jungle, it's not unnatural.

[circusboy90210]

@putaface101 never heard of any cargo that has heat and air conditioning. animals love to please their handlers out of love, positive reinforcement techniques are the norm at Ringling. But you would know that from spending decades around it. artificial insemination is not horribly forceable. all domestic animals go through the same process. whatever man does is natural, as the top of the food chain whatever we do is law of the jungle, it's not unnatural.

[circusboy90210]

@putaface101 oh never saw any cargo ,outside of cocaine, that had an attendant and water stops every 4 hours where possible. Of course you've been out in the middle of nowhere hundreds of miles from civilisation watching elephants swim like wild animals in Rivers or lakes, frolicking with joy for many hours. talk about what you experience and ask what reality is from people who live it. till you live it , Do yourself and the world a favor SHUT THE FUCK UP. define ignorant, it's you.

[putaface101]

@circusboy90210 lies all lies....sorry, no ones buying it.....

[circusboy90210]

@putaface101 my eyesight is 20/10 in both eyes I have better than perfect vision. you who has spent hour zero on the Ringling train or in the buildings they play or any of the winter quarters, train yard, or corporate offices, know nothing everything you spew is concievable very inaccurate or a lie because you have not directly observed what you make false and libelous statements about. I have spent decades doing all the above.

[putaface101]

@circusboy90210 SAVE THE ELEPHANTS SET THEM FREE! SAVE THE ELEPHANTS SET THEM FREE! SAVE THE ELEPHANTS SET THEM FREE! SAVE THE ELEPHANTS SET THEM FREE! SAVE THE ELEPHANTS SET THEM FREE! SAVE THE ELEPHANTS SET THEM FREE! SAVE THE ELEPHANTS SET THEM FREE! THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EXPLOITED! THEY DESERVE TO LIVE IN A SANCTUARY NOT IN CHAINS! SAVE THE ELEPHANTS SET THEM FREE! SAVE THE ELEPHANTS SET THEM FREE!

[circusboy90210]

@putaface101 they are where they need to be, to even have knowledge of any wild elephants and have any kind of awareness for those in the wild , the ones in circus travel so people even know of their plight in the wild. before circus' not many people outside of africa or asia even knew they existed. you sound so ignorant when you talk about things you don't even have an incling of what your spouting on about.

[putaface101]

@circusboy90210 CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION IS NOT ABOUT HAVING ANIMALS WEAR GLITTERY OUTFITS AND STANDING ON THEIR HEADS! SAVE THE ELEPHANTS! THE WWF IS DOING ITS JOB PROPERLY! YOUR TEACHING CHILDREN THAT IS OKAY TO OWN AND EXPLOIT WILD ANIMALS! YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT AN ELEPHANTS NEEDS, BECAUSE IF YOU DID YOU WOULD HAVE SENT THEM TO A SANCTUARY! THE PLIGHT IN THE WILD BEGAN WHEN RINGLING AND OTHER CIRCUSES DEMANDED WILD BABY ELEPHANTS CAUSING THE MASSACRE OF HERDS AND IVORY TRADE! IDIOT!

[circusboy90210]

@putaface101 again your call someone who is more educated about this an idiot?? wow you've got issues. glittery outfits wrong??? that's your opinion awareness is brought about by more ways than your puny mentality can ever conceieve. Ringling has had captive breeding for a long time . the problem elephants have in the wild is human encroachment not poaching or takes. again you are misinformed by an organization which lies to push their sick twisted agenda.

[putaface101]

@circusboy90210 ELEPHANTS PLIGHT BEGAN DURING THE TIME THAT AMERICA DEMANDED AND WANTED BABY ELEPHANTS. THEIR MOTHERS WHERE KILLED AND MALES WHERE KILLED FOR IVORY. ITS ALL RINGLINGS FAULT. I HAVE A FEELING YOUR THE DEMON SPAWN OF INBREED CIRCUS FREAKS. YOU KNOW NOTHING. CIRCUS DE SOLEIL IS BEAUTIFUL, SKILL, AND ART. PURE TALENT. RINGLING IS GOING TO COME TO AN END. WE ARE ALL EDUCATING EACH OTHER AND OUR CHILDREN. SAVE THE ELEPHANTS! GO SEE THE VID CALLED RINGLING BEATS ANIMALS.

[circusboy90210]

@putaface101 cirque du soleil is a very beutifull production but not a real circus, circus tradition was built on the back of animals, you can't really have one without animals. people have rights to do with their pets what they see fit. there is nothing unnatural about mans behaviours; as top of the food chain whatever we do is part of nature hence natural.

[putaface101]

@circusboy90210 what do you call 26 elephants dead since 1992? what do you call baby elephants taken from their mothers b4 the age of 1? what do you call the training that baby elephants go through? I call it THE CRUELEST SHOW ON EARTH!

[circusboy90210]

@putaface101 celluloid killed the rush for ivory and it was england who was killing them for billiard balls. it had nothing to do with Ringling who brought about awaresness of the shrinking habitat with their circus of which most americans would not even know elephants existed without Ringling. the videos shown are mostly rehashed events from isolated events 30 years ago. then the videos are mostly of other shows and relabled to be Ringling as you can see the headresses are not Ringling.

[putaface101]

@circusboy90210 dont deny the fact that you are wrong. and the majority of america knows it too. your full of shit. go read a history book. go to school. please to not impregnate a women. Im done. peace.

[circusboy90210]

@putaface101 I"ve read thousands of history books thank you. I've had more school than you can ever think of . i have many degrees. thank god you are done the world does not need your parroting pathetic tired and false rhetoric. you still have not stated any facts about elephants or how circus' supposedly are cruel. you have presented fact one but a boat load of emotional statements based on lies and isolated occurrences.

[circusboy90210]

you don't even know how many elephants owns (personal pets of gunther gebel jr) or are rented from other company's or who breeds them domestically here in the us. you probably don't even know how many are in the center for elephant conservancy which Ringling owns. as far as real Cruelty Ringling is far from the cruelest as they have way too much to lose. there has not been a death every year which your errant and false stat claims. get educated before you make false claims this is libel.

[circusboy90210]

@putaface101 you make the word exploit sound so dirty. read a dictionary every know and then it's not a bad thing . however you are just one person and everyone has a right to an opinion even if it's wrong. animals are to be used as however humans see fit to use them. in a democracy you don't have the right to say otherwise how someone treats their property so you cannot say what's supposed to be. we are part of a food chain and on top so what we say is perfectly natural.

[geomodelrailroader]

I seen a the red teams elephant walk Zing Zang Zoom 2008 on Extreme Trains

[Bugalu67]

Boycott this garbage!!

[topliff12345]

As long as people are prepared to watch this shit it will continue, and children growing up will see animal exploitation as entertainment.

[retownsend]

And PETA protestors say the cute elephants don't get exercise! They are so cute! Aww!

[dartman138]

oh, do they get exercise. they may weigh a few tons, but these elephants can move!

[COMP3LLED2KILL]

@dartman138 It's only now and again that Ringling's Elephants get to walk long distances, "The Cruelest Show on Earth"

[circusboy90210]

@COMP3LLED2KILL it's every town they have multi mile walks talk about things your qualified to speak about. your actual knowledge of what happens there is zero as you probably have never set foot in any building or winter quarters of circus one , much less Ringling.

[putaface101]

@circusboy90210 you are wrong idiot. Im in chicago and they are going to have shows in november at united center and allstate arena. about 1-2 weeks each location. during that time is fucking cold in chicago COLD. The elephants have to walk off the trains in 20 degree weather, on concrete all the way to the arenas. during which they can not stray or move their heads side to side. then they are kept inside the whole time. so thats about a month in chicago underground in an arena.sweet life right

[circusboy90210]

@putaface101 been there many times with many different shows, familiar with cold. it's very warm in these arenas basements I've been there for thousands of hours unlike you. Elephants can handle cold it does not hurt them they have very thick skin, that's what pachyderm means. The walk is no harm to them they walk alot in the wild and then stand in one spot all day long. only idiots call people they don't know idiots. you have not spent decades around elephants I have , you are wrong.

[circusboy90210]

@putaface101 was not aware that idiots specialize in welding, cad/cam, autobody work, diesel mechnic, aerospace studies, photo offset lithography, animal husbandry, high wire, clowning, sales & marketing, computer systems hardware integration, and many other things you would never dream of knowing ting one about. can guarantee I've spent more time in the united center in one week than you will in a lifetime.

[alexisPaulG]

@dartman138 to bad in the wild they walk up to 100 miles and are not abused from the age of 2

[retownsend]

@alexisPaulG Uhh you obviously know nothing about elephants. Not only do elephants hate walking, but they stay in the same location for months on end! The only time that elephants force themselves to walk is when they have to travel to the watering hole, which, in the dry season, can be miles away. Wise up.

[COMP3LLED2KILL]

@retownsend Ringling Brothers "THE CRUELEST SHOW ON EARTH", these elephants get exercise to attract an audience, it's not for the Elephants need, they are Beaten & Abused and it's all over youtube, and it's REAL !!!

[Jdar01]

@retownsend Yeah, but it isn't exactly natural exercise is it?