Photos: Elephants in Ringling Bros. circus A blind child in Chicago sits on the back of a kneeling elephant from the Ringling Brothers Circus in April 1917. Hide Caption 1 of 15Photos: Elephants in Ringling Bros. circus Detective inspector Frank Story, right, euthanized this circus elephant after it was badly burned in a fire at the Ringling Bros. show grounds in Cleveland in August 1942. Hide Caption 2 of 15Photos: Elephants in Ringling Bros. circus People stand near a circus elephant during a rehearsal in Sarasota, Florida, in 1949. Hide Caption 4 of 15Photos: Elephants in Ringling Bros. circus Elephants perform in New York in March 1964. Hide Caption 5 of 15Photos: Elephants in Ringling Bros. circus Elephants work out and train in 1971.

Source: CNN January 15, 2017 04:18 UTC