Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus - With Elephants

Fatherhood - Ringling Brothers And Barnum & Bailey Circus 3-10-2016

[fxktflz]

I just went to see the new circus without animals-it was not the same. I do miss them but understand how difficult it must have been to keep using them.

[sonyalum]

It was indeed the greatest show on earth. But we must also consider the animals. Thanks for the video

[Kosuhyd]

Thank you for this video. It brought back my childhood memories.

[tinadaugherty]

🎉 It's one of my favorites. Sadly left in 2017, but just heard on national news, come 2024 Ringling Brothers & Barmum & Bailey Circus will return. 😊 It is a great time to feel like a young 60 yrs. kid again!! Thank you.

[celia]

Everyone’s talking about the animals, but honestly if this was 45 minutes of trapeze artists I’d watch it.

[demontalb]

I went to circuses as a kid but they stopped appearing because of rumors about how the animals were being treated.

[kinderleidster]

So so sad for all those animals. I hope they all saved and have a good life now. This is sick, unnatural and disgusting. Poking with the hook...elephant labour and mother is on a chain, poke with the hook, and can not be with her calf. They took it away.
I saw a video of the calf, it was drowned and they poke it with the hook then...too too sad, but that poor thing was saved by the circus and chains
Animal abuse it is...

[everstarcatcher]

28:44 My heart goes out to the elephant that took a wicked shit on stage. He gave zero shits about showmanship. XD

[declancolwell]

To be truthful, whenever I attended a circus with animals in it, I didn’t mind them being used for show biz, but it was only as long as on the condition they were never abused and always well cared for. I now realise that animals are not getting the proper respect they so richly deserve. When the animals were whipped or jumped through burning hoops, I cringed and thought they should use something softer, like a rubber whip or something like that. In Madagascar 3, Vitaly the Tiger poured hair conditioner over himself and he jumped though a hoop unharmed. I thought that should work more often in real life. I also watched a short movie about a circus bear who was born in the circus and grew up in the circus and therefore was the star of the circus. Although he loved performing and all the audiences’ applause, the owners of the circus treated him rather shabbily and he yearned for freedom. His wish came true much later after the beginning. This goes to show that deep down animals do love performing at circuses but just can’t take too much abuse.

[Xiaoshadowjayy]

Seriously, in the comments I see people only complaining on "how cruel" Circus is to animals. I thought that too for a while, and while that might be true for some circuses who don't have enough money to afford proper treatment of their animals, there are also great circuses who greatly care for their four legged companions and they are feeling WELL there. 
Everyone who is complaining that the big cats for example should be returned back to the wild are completely forgetting that most of the big cats in the circus are actually BREED in captivity, there is NO "returning to the wild", since they have been used to humans and been trained from the very beginning! 


Please people, INFORM YOURSELF FIRST, before just parroting other people who might have heard something from another person a while ago or who are self declared "animal protectors!

I am very sad that this circus shut down. It was one of the best circuses I've ever witnessed, even though I sadly was never able to see it live. The circuses in our country, they suck. They don't have money to properly treat their animals, I wouldn't support them, but this circus did everything right! The animals there were very properly taken care of, you can see that.

[goodlawyer]

I hope they hire a video production team to create some high-quality DVDs before the show shuts down in May. We're about to witness 140 years of showbiz come to a close; history should have a digital artifact which does this show justice.

[Sarah-ilmz]

omg those poor just think what they had to do to learn that heart brreaking

[howardmatkins]

I was a employee in 1985 working with the horses and a lead showman for Guthrie gabble Williams

[Talonistrying]

Can't believe I was born into the generation that got to see the circus live before it died...this was great, thanks for uploading. Now I can go back and relive the experience.

[joegaito]

Great job ringling brothers circus you guys will be missed appreciate the memories take care best wishes to everyone at the circus. Joe

[bxpress]

it takes me back when i saw this circus for first time when was a kid in 70s..the elephants were really memorable as were the tigers and their handler whose name i forgot..had blonde hair i believe..the ice capades performed with the circus too..if only i not have lost the pamphlet that i had of the events😔

[sb]

Very enjoyable video. I bet there are more such videos in AwkwardHamster. Thanks for sharing this. The Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus With Elephants is really amazing and incredible. 😊👍

[xjekzjx]

My favorite part of the circus, was those amazing circus elephants. I also love the big cat cage. Four lionesses, six Siberian tigers, and one big lion.

[sylvialopez]

They need to stop poachers from killing these creatures in their habitats rather then shutting down Ringlings!

[vikingvalo]

I bet the actors had tons of anxiety before this