Tamara Lush / Associated Press Kenneth Feld, chairman and chief executive of Feld Entertainment, the parent company of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Kenneth Feld, chairman and chief executive of Feld Entertainment, the parent company of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Protesters outside the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla., celebrate with sparkling cider the Ringling Bros. announcement that it would end its circus tours in May. Protesters outside the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla., celebrate with sparkling cider the Ringling Bros. announcement that it would end its circus tours in May. They had been trying a variety of changes to modernize the show and compensate for the loss of the elephants, Kenneth Feld said, but nothing helped.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 17, 2017 00:44 UTC