Ringling Elephant Assan Forced to Perform Despite Signs of Lameness

During a recent performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Chicago, the elephant Assan and was exhibiting signs of lameness and had difficulty walking, yet Ringling still forced her to perform.

Foot problems and arthritis are the leading reasons why captive elephants are euthanized, and they're aggravated by the very conditions to which Ringling has subjected these elephants for decades, including the stress and confinement of being on the road, prolonged chaining, unhygienic conditions, and being forced to perform physically challenging circus tricks.

[watchearthlings]

You can actually see the sadness in their eyes ;___;

[jessievans]

Any updates on the whereabouts of Assan? Please☹️🥺

[kierstynsaoirse]

unbelievable I can't believe places like this still exist.

[genericeric]

these elephants look terribly depressed.

[iescapedtheasylum]

Oh bless those poor Elephants. God love them and this channel!

[katieellis]

"Balancing like this is natural!!"

BULLCRAP

[Concerto]

This makes me want to cry =( They should be roaming free not forced to perform unnatural stunts for idiots!

[emilyhorner]

What?!? I didn't think animals were still used in circuses! 😣leave them alone!!!

[graceface]

Never going to a show like this i never paid for cruelty

[HiHi-edpo]

I've never gone to a circus cause of this

[tasshcamera]

Poor elelphant. THIS is why I hate circuses. :(

[accountcompromised]

The elephant is not well, It is inhumane to still expect it to perform. Im 45 now but when I was a kid the last time I went to the circus. I saw an elephant that looked sick and could barely walk and the staff kept hitting it to make it perform and it could barely move.

[kimberlyhoffman]

never went to a circus and never will, ban them

[michelemccarthy]

What a terrible way to treat living breathing innocent gentle animals why are people so horrible soulless uncompassionTe makes me furious

[bodhi]

It's up to the people to do something. The answer is only one: BOYCOTT these shows.
Thank you PETA for your efforts against animal slavery❤

[delmasjones]

Google 2022 says that they are coming back please please do everything you can to stop thos torture from coming back.

[MichikoP]

It's like asking 98 years old grandma to perform acrobat...without any competition. Why it's entertaining, bro? Cruelty is so fun to watch?

[AnandMishere]

ppl still go to circus and supporting this cruelty....stop/ban these circuses using animals....

[Nathaliaaa]

BASTARDS! it breaks my heart to see how we treat these sentient living animals abusing them and use them as slaves for nasty humans own pleasure share and spread the word Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey circus have violated a lot of animal laws its well documented for decades

[bachtran]

Animals are the innocent of this CRUEL WORLD