article_snippet: In fact, the nation's largest circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, is ending Ringling Bros. iconic elephant acts due to growing public concern about how the endangered creatures are treated.
article_snippet: The circus’ parent company, Feld Entertainment, told The Associated Press exclusively that its iconic elephant acts due to growing public concern about how the endangered creatures are treated will be phased out by 2018.
article_snippet: a circus in Texas plans to phase out elephant acts by 2018.
article_snippet: Feld’s 43 elephants will live at Feld’s 200-acre Center for Elephant Conservation in central Florida.
article_snippet: Twenty-nine animals are already there, and the other 14 will arrive as Twenty-nine animals are phased out from a circus in Texas.
article_snippet: Elephant acts have been showcased by Ringling for more than a century and have often been featured in Elephant posters.