What Happened To The Ringling Brothers Center for Elephant Conservation

Mr.Ivory

Mr.Ivory

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This thread is to see why the Ringling Brothers Center for Elephant Conservation became so silent, before the blackout of 2013 they were announcing the births of calves, the relocation of elephants to other facilities. The announced the pregnancies of Mala due in 2013, Bonnie due in 2013, Alana due in 2013/2014, Icky due in 2013/2014, and Sally and Shirley in 2016. But other then that no news was released.
 
Mr.Ivory said:
This thread is to see why the Ringling Brothers Center for Elephant Conservation became so silent, before the blackout of 2013 they were announcing the births of calves, the relocation of elephants to other facilities. The announced the pregnancies of Mala due in 2013, Bonnie due in 2013, Alana due in 2013/2014, Icky due in 2013/2014, and Sally and Shirley in 2016. But other then that no news was released.
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I remember in 2016 they had social media channels including an IG but a year or two later they went offline.
 
Mr.Ivory said:
This thread is to see why the Ringling Brothers Center for Elephant Conservation became so silent
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They closed. It was talked about on here and there are plenty of articles talking about it and the reasons online. Here's an example one:

Ringling Bros. circus to close after 146 years; Failure started with focus on elephant abuse

In 2017 the circus itself stopped operating due to heavy financial losses. Because of backlash about using elephants in circus performances, they retired all of their elephants to the center and then shortly following that announced that the entire circus would be permanently ending its shows. The remaining elephants started being moved to the White Oak Conservation Center, also in Florida, earlier this year:

Retired Ringling Bros. Circus Elephants Adjusting To New North Florida Habitat
 
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