Ringling’s Head Honcho in Hot Water

Published by PETA Staff.
< 1 min read

As the highly anticipated trial concerning the abuse of elephants by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus rolls on, Kenneth Feld, the head of the company that owns the evil Ringling empire, has taken the stand.

On Tuesday, the multimillionaire CEO spewed his slick half-truths about how Ringling’s elephants live (they live in cramped barns, where they are chained much of the time and are at risk of developing tuberculosis) and how bullhooks are just used to “guide” the animals. He actually said, “I don’t view what I’ve seen as abuse.”

 

Watch this video of a former Ringling employee’s view to see what Kenneth Feld doesn’t consider “abuse.”
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Feld’s self-serving double-talk is sickening, but this trial has him backed into a corner. The fact that he can no longer deny that circuses use beatings and chains to force majestic elephants into a lifetime of servitude is exciting news for elephants.

Now for those of you a-wonderin’, here’s a point-by-point refresher course on Ringling’s checkered history of animal care. It’ll help you see through this smooth-talking CEO’s elephant pucky.

Written by Missy Lane

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