Ringling Brothers Circus - Cruelty to Elephants - Sept 1, 2014

Filmed inside the Cow Palace, Monday September 1, 2014 - Ringling Brothers Blue Unit.

Ringling Brothers Circus has been caught on video numerous times beating their elephants. They testified in court, that they beat the elephants. These "tricks" are unnatural and painful for elephants to perform. An elephant would never do a handstand in the wild. Its 2014 and we still have animals in severe confinement/captivity, doing ridiculous tricks as entertainment?

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[bryce]

The fact that they are smart enough to do these acts is exactly the reason they shouldn’t have to suffer

[josephastier]

The Ringling Brothers Circus closed for good in 2017. These shows are history. (EDIT: In 2023 the Ringling Brothers Circus returned. There are no animals in the new show)

[sajjbinmakhtom]

These animal went through so much torture and pain to bring them under this much human control then more pain to learn circuse tricks, for some diseased human being pleasure.

[theendofanerror]

I can't help but wonder how many beatings it took to get them to perfect their performance.

[alyscia_x]

That’s just disgusting to see people do that to animals that are supposed to be out in the wild

[DeeDerry]

The Circus should be BANNED...This makes me sick to my stomach 😓

[Sofia-rrnn]

i did my school project on this, and in it i put a video of an elephant rocking back and forth from being abused and forced into doing tricks, my project was to stop the school excursion to the animal circus, my mum was horrified. my project raised awareness and at the end of the day all of the kids parents didn't sign permission papers. i cried a lot and it makes me very sad that people do this for their own entertainment.

[Gklapman]

This is soooo gross. Thanks for posting. Can't believe the circus is still a real thing.

[Oakleaf]

Heartbreaking to see majestic animals forced to live this unnatural life, and to do demeaning tricks ..ugh.

[Softvison]

I can’t believe they force these beautiful elephants to do this. I’m so disappointed I hope they are in a better life now.

[anina]

This is absolutely heartbreaking, those elephants look so tired😭💔

[iicloudyii]

Imainge how scary all the noises are to them

[inesvidart]

They don't deserve this. They deserve TO FEEL ALIVE. They came to earth for that. But, as always, the human using pain for their benefit. I really, really, really hope this animals are in a better place now.

[DiscordC]

also noticed two things, 1 . most the stadium is EMPTY, 2. all the handlers are armed with billhooks and whips, the bull hooks are pained black and the hooks are made to be less noticeable, to make them so they don't stand out and are harder to see in the dim lights.

[hlici]

It’s amazing how elephants are capable of being trained into doing these acts but also heartbreaking because of the emotional stress and torture that they must endure. Animals are not meant to be kept in captivity or used for human entertainment, that is just pure torture.

[sporetv]

Good news guys, Ringling Bros. is officially no more.

[adityakshirsagar]

I cried 😢 justice to these elephants, they really don't deserve this type of cruelty. God forgive us and God save those beauty's.

[jessicahutton]

Thank God, it came back without animals because it’s cruel and horrid for someone to go through that

[XxxXxxX]

I can’t even imagine how harsh and abusive the training those animal receive to perform those performances

[justocho]

Disgusting how they force these beautiful minded creatures to act like clowns