article_snippet: Animal rights activists were stunned when the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Feld Entertainment, announced the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Feld Entertainment,  would eliminate elephants from the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Feld Entertainment,  circuses by 2018.
article_snippet: Elephants perform at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.
article_snippet: the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Barnum & Bailey Bailey said the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will phase out the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey iconic elephant acts by 2018 .
article_snippet: The decision to phase out elephants from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus comes at a time when cities across the United States are cracking down on exotic animal displays.
article_snippet: Even before Thursday's announcement that its elephants will be phased out of Ringling's performances by 2018, company officials already said company officials were pulling out of certain cities because of newly enacted restrictions.
article_snippet: Barnum & Bailey Circus will continue to use tigers, dogs and goats, and a Mongolian troupe of camel stunt riders joined Barnum & Bailey Circus Circus Xtreme
article_snippet: And while Ringling is phasing out the elephants, other, smaller circuses in the U.S. — and in countries such as Russia, France and Thailand — still use elephants.
article_snippet: While the Ringling Bros. is phasing out elephants, other, smaller circuses in the U.S. — and in countries such as Russia, France and Thailand — France and Thailand — Thailand — still use elephants in elephants performances .
article_snippet: Celebrities reacted on Twitter to the news that the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will end elephant performances by 2018 in response to growing public concern over 'how the animals are treated'
highlights_snippet: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will retire Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephants by 2018 stunning animal rights activists .
  