Ringling Bros.
and Barnum & Bailey
CEO, Kenneth Feld, revealed in a recent interview that while he will retire all of the circus' elephants
, he intends to keep breeding them. Since 1995, 21 elephants
have been born at the center; there's been 1 successful birth
from artificial insemination. He doesn't call the relatively flat and treeless
200-acre Florida elephant
center (where bullhooks
and shackles
are still used) a sanctuary, even though it should be. The Ringling CEO asserts that he plans on creating an elephant attraction
, at the center or near Disney World
, for tourists to visit the endangered Asian elephants
.He's also breeding the elephants
for scientific purposes. He has a pediatric oncologist studying why Asian elephants rarely get cancer and potentially unlocking a genetic protector that can prevent the disease in humans
. Unfortunately, Feld is ignoring the overwhelming that elephants do NOT thrive -- physically, mentally or emotionally -- in captivity. Why is he breeding
them for a life of misery when these majestic creatures deserve more?Sign and share this petition demanding that Ringling Bros. CEO, Kenneth Feld, stop breeding elephants for a life of captivity. After making him a fortune, that's the least they deserve.
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