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

This is the animal walk that took place in Washington, D.C. on St. Patrick's Day 2009. The parade wound approximately 2 miles from where they unloaded to the Verizon Center. The music is Barnum & Bailey's Favorite.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• ringling
• barnum
• bailey
• circus
• elephant
• horse
• clown
• ringmaster
• parade
• train

[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!

[Jdar01]

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

[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.

[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.

[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]

@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 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]

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 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 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!