article_snippet.sent: After Ringling Brothers Barnum Bailey Circus announced that Ringling Brothers Barnum will no longer have elephants in the show starting in 2018, the organization gave a rare tour of the facility where elephants in the show starting in 2018 will retire.
article_snippet.sent: Once the animals are done in the ring, the animals'll be taken to the Ringling Brothers Elephant Conservation Center in an undisclosed, 200-acre area of Polk County in central Florida.
article_snippet.sent: Some of elephants in the show starting in 2018 will live out Some of the Asian Elephants post-performance lives in the Ringling Brothers Elephant Conservation Center in central Florida, while other will be used for breeding.
article_snippet.sent: Some of the Asian Elephants will be phased out of the Ringling Brothers Elephant Conservation Center Bailey Circus performance by 2018 .
article_snippet.sent: Once Some of the Asian Elephants retire from performing, elephants will be taken to the Ringling Brothers Elephant Conservation Center in an undisclosed, 200-acre area of Polk County in central Florida Polk County Florida .
article_snippet.sent: Ringling spokeswoman Melinda Hartline told FOX Tampa Bay that the Ringling Brothers Elephant Conservation Center is 'all about preserving the Asian Elephant'.
article_snippet.sent: Elephants born in the Ringling Brothers Elephant Conservation Center can be sold to zoos or other breeding programs.
article_snippet.sent: Twenty people work at the Ringling Brothers Elephant Conservation Center to feed, care for and manage the animals, and over the next three years Ringling will determine if more staff or additional facilities are needed.
article_snippet.sent: Some elephants will live out the rest of Some elephants lives in the Ringling Brothers Elephant Conservation Center, while others will be use for breeding .
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman for the Ringling Brothers Elephant Conservation Center said that the organization's goal is to conserve the Asian Elephant, an animal who has seen massive population decline over the last century .
article_snippet.sent: Animal rights groups, including PETA, have said that Ringling Brothers should take elephants out of Ringling Brothers shows before 2018 .
highlights_snippet.sent: Ringling Ringling Brothers Barnum announced that Ringling will no longer have elephants in the show starting in 2018 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: elephants in the show starting in 2018 will be taken to the Ringling Brothers Elephant Conservation Center in central Florida .
  