article_snippet: The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from The Ringling Bros. performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively that growing public concern about how the animals are treated led to the decision.
article_snippet: The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Barnum & Bailey Circus Bailey has announced The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus are phasing out The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant acts, and will eliminate The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 2018 .
article_snippet: 13 animals will continue to tour with Barnum & Bailey Circus before retiring to the company's 200-acre Center for Elephant Conservation in Florida .
article_snippet: 13 animals will continue to tour with Barnum & Bailey Circus before retiring to the company's 200-acre Center for Elephant Conservation in Florida by 2018 while one elephant is on a breeding loan to the Fort Worth Zoo.
article_snippet: Barnum & Bailey Circus will continue to use other animals - this year Barnum & Bailey Circus added a Mongolian troupe of camel stunt riders to Barnum & Bailey Circus Circus Xtreme show and Barnum & Bailey Circus will likely showcase more motorsports, daredevils and feats of humans' physical capabilities.
highlights_snippet: The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has announced The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus are phasing out The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant acts, and will eliminate The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 2018 .
  
highlights_snippet: 13 animals will continue to tour with Barnum & Bailey Circus before retiring to The company's 200-acre Center for Elephant Conservation in  Florida .
  
highlights_snippet: Barnum & Bailey Circus will still continue to use other animals, including Mongolian camels, which they just added to they live shows this year .