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  • čas přidán 18. 05. 2017
  • After nearly 150 years, the show will not go on for the iconic Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which is performing its final act Sunday.
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Komentáře • 109

  • @leazzel7
    @leazzel7 Před 7 lety +17

    Glad I had the chance to see the show and take my kid's to it.

  • @anandguruji83
    @anandguruji83 Před 7 lety +32

    R.I.P RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS 1871-2017

    • @anandguruji83
      @anandguruji83 Před 7 lety +6

      R.I.P RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS 1871-2017

    • @gazzybishop8320
      @gazzybishop8320 Před 7 lety +6

      anandguruji83 If you're so sorry to see them go, then why not look on CZcams at "Ringling Bros. - Elephant Child Abusers - Breaking a Baby Elephant". Its horrible! That's one of the main reasons they shut down- animal abuse and neglect!! 😩

    • @mitchellhodack657
      @mitchellhodack657 Před 7 lety +1

      anandguruji83, will they come back next year?

    • @bradleycotton3237
      @bradleycotton3237 Před 7 lety +1

      Mitchell Hodack No.

    • @jamesdavis5096
      @jamesdavis5096 Před 3 lety +2

      rip elephant beating

  • @wendyjaehnig4439
    @wendyjaehnig4439 Před 4 lety +12

    And their final performance was in the same year of the premiere of the movie of their circus: '' The Greatest Showman''.

  • @Shuriver
    @Shuriver Před 4 lety +15

    sad i never got to watch once

    • @evgiraffebikegirlshoecup9435
      @evgiraffebikegirlshoecup9435 Před 4 lety +4

      Why would u want to watch it they abuse animals???

    • @gallicia4613
      @gallicia4613 Před 4 lety +5

      @@evgiraffebikegirlshoecup9435 do you have a dog? ANIMAL ABUSE! That dog should be free!

    • @HHDDXX
      @HHDDXX Před 4 lety

      Same

    • @vivianshi9668
      @vivianshi9668 Před 4 lety +2

      Gallicia wtf elephants tigers and wild animals are different from house animals, such as dogs and cats. you think dogs and cats could survive in the wild?

    • @sadsader100yearsago9
      @sadsader100yearsago9 Před 3 lety

      @@evgiraffebikegirlshoecup9435 your pets are animal abuse.

  • @TyhlerNovac
    @TyhlerNovac Před 7 lety +8

    Barnum and Bailey is Always tops in my book. I'm saddened today because ,.........

  • @heybeter9505
    @heybeter9505 Před 7 lety +9

    thier goes a fragment of my childhood

  • @andyandy8047
    @andyandy8047 Před 11 měsíci +1

    great !!

  • @AngelaGonzalez-xh3hi
    @AngelaGonzalez-xh3hi Před 3 měsíci +1

    Bring it back

  • @Spambit2
    @Spambit2 Před 7 lety +6

    i got to see this show when i was somewhere around the age of seven and now i'm twelve and i barely remember this spectacular show the only memory i have of it is the lemonade cup that i got from there bye bye Ringling bros you made me fell happy

    • @jugglingisaac8927
      @jugglingisaac8927 Před 7 lety +1

      Gambit us young people loved the show and now the adults ruin it for us! Boo PETA!

    • @snickerswo1f519
      @snickerswo1f519 Před 5 lety +1

      Same I loved it even though I only went in 2016 or 2015
      😢 At least I got a White tiger plush with the baby between its paws, the collar days "The Greatest Show on Earth™" and my cousin got one from a garage sale after it ended, he got it last year I think or this one but it looks not as beautiful as the one I got and somewhat deformed... So it's obviously a fake :/

  • @emmabemma3100
    @emmabemma3100 Před 2 lety +4

    Glad to see the animals are free but loved to see the performers

  • @lisaoldwithsomanywhys5487

    Why? 😭

    • @snickerswo1f519
      @snickerswo1f519 Před 5 lety

      @Camilla Johansson yadda yadda

    • @AFVfan1
      @AFVfan1 Před rokem +1

      @Lisa because circus animals are tortured and forced into performing tricks for “amusement”.

  • @realfreddy1993
    @realfreddy1993 Před 3 lety +4

    Well in some way it's sad that the greatest show on Earth is dead but this doesn't mean the circus Community is dead there are other circus companies out there just Barnum's circus is dead🤡🤡🤡😥😢😭 R.I.P Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1871-2017

    • @jayadams9561
      @jayadams9561 Před rokem

      Yeah but this was the circus everyone knew WWE is on the way to the end

  • @jugglingisaac8927
    @jugglingisaac8927 Před 7 lety +30

    Boo PETA! I want the circus back!!!

    • @snickerswo1f519
      @snickerswo1f519 Před 5 lety +1

      @Camilla Johansson yadda yadda you respond to everyone with mlp face 😑

    • @snickerswo1f519
      @snickerswo1f519 Před 5 lety

      Same I miss them even though I just went 1nce in 2016 or 2015

  • @SethMethCS
    @SethMethCS Před 7 lety

    And NOW they report on the planned closure?

  • @seanwhatshisname1831
    @seanwhatshisname1831 Před rokem +1

    Shows like this will be back ...pp sick of internet people

    • @AFVfan1
      @AFVfan1 Před rokem +1

      Nope. Now we have Cirque du Soleil. They are just as entertaining as the old circuses, and they are proof that you don’t need animals to have an entertaining show.

    • @trevorthesorcerer
      @trevorthesorcerer Před rokem

      @@AFVfan1 so why did circus du Soleil go bankrupt because nobody likes it.

    • @AFVfan1
      @AFVfan1 Před rokem +1

      @@trevorthesorcerer They wee went bankrupt during the pandemic, but they’re still performing and going strong.

    • @trevorthesorcerer
      @trevorthesorcerer Před rokem

      @@AFVfan1 Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Never went bankrupt

    • @AFVfan1
      @AFVfan1 Před rokem +1

      @@trevorthesorcerer You’re right. But they shut their business down in 2017.

  • @popsingerstar
    @popsingerstar Před 7 lety +3

    im gonna miss it sooooo much :'(

    • @champagnesupernova777
      @champagnesupernova777 Před 5 lety

      You miss the animal cruelty??

    • @snickerswo1f519
      @snickerswo1f519 Před 5 lety

      Same :(

    • @sadsader100yearsago9
      @sadsader100yearsago9 Před 3 lety +2

      @@champagnesupernova777 can you shut up and let us be sad. Of course it’s bad but we prefer to remember the good things.

    • @champagnesupernova777
      @champagnesupernova777 Před 3 lety

      @@sadsader100yearsago9 lmao shut up about animal cruelty?? Nope. Don’t think so.

    • @sadsader100yearsago9
      @sadsader100yearsago9 Před 3 lety +2

      @@champagnesupernova777 you seem like a living void lamo, I hope you have released your pets to the wild since it’s animal abuse. (Also where is video proof of the animal abuse in the circus, if you show me 3 instances I might take you seriously)

  • @TheArchitectOfDreams
    @TheArchitectOfDreams Před 7 lety +4

    Release the animals into sanctuaries.. sounds familiar, Los Angeles

  • @gazzybishop8320
    @gazzybishop8320 Před 7 lety +12

    It's sad that people are out of jobs, but they'll recover; animals, though, can't recover from abuse and neglect!! It's unfortunate that some of them have been sold off to other circuses! I'm glad that the elephants got out last year! 😀

    • @gazzybishop8320
      @gazzybishop8320 Před 7 lety

      Zachary Wamsher I didn't say that the workers were being abused - I said that they were able to get another job. The animals are at the mercy of the people that "run the show" per se, and don't have the luxury of doing something else; they're stuck!

    • @snickerswo1f519
      @snickerswo1f519 Před 5 lety +1

      Yes they can animals DO recover from abuse and neglect in sanctuaries and other places where there greatly cared for

  • @AhmadDakhlallah1
    @AhmadDakhlallah1 Před 7 lety +11

    thanks PETA

  • @michaelwilber774
    @michaelwilber774 Před 2 lety +2

    I wasn't a big let's go to the circus, but if there is one to always go to, it was them. I'm saddend by this. Just like the Indians baseball team 100 plus year history gone.

  • @seanwhatshisname1831
    @seanwhatshisname1831 Před rokem

    Read up on PT Barnum he quite some guy if the story the same he started out as a scammer selling dreams in a bottle...

  • @ethfanagnin7535
    @ethfanagnin7535 Před 4 lety +4

    The racists, the snobs, and the critics all couldn't take them down, but they just couldn't stand against those dirty hippies...

  • @jamesjho11
    @jamesjho11 Před 7 lety

    54321

  • @nhberrics
    @nhberrics Před 7 lety +15

    If the people want to perform- fine. But it's great they are riding of animal exploitation and suffering. Slavery is wrong regardless of species.

    • @davidmendoza4095
      @davidmendoza4095 Před 7 lety +3

      NH Berrics Animal Slavery? So horseback riding is exploitation?
      Are you sniffing glue?

    • @sonikku956
      @sonikku956 Před 7 lety

      NH Berrics I hope you don't have a dog or cat.

    • @nhberrics
      @nhberrics Před 7 lety +3

      David Mendoza yes because you are forcing an animal to do something. I mean if I captured you and forced you to perform a task would that be ok? You'll likely grasp for straws and create illogical justifications for your double standard.

    • @davidmendoza4095
      @davidmendoza4095 Před 7 lety +3

      NH Berrics So animals shouldn't plow fields and be a part of producing crops and food for us?
      Who am I kidding.....you probably think animals should have a minimum wage.

    • @supernaturallytired1566
      @supernaturallytired1566 Před 6 lety +4

      There is a clear difference between using animals as a food source or to help us farm if we do not have access to machinery and using and abusing animals purely for entertainment purposes.

  • @PaulodeMelo
    @PaulodeMelo Před 8 měsíci

    Animal abuse. Let's stop neutering our beloved cats and dogs.

  • @AzGoat
    @AzGoat Před 7 lety +7

    Thanks to the people who pick animals over people

    • @pebbles92able
      @pebbles92able Před 7 lety +5

      the people are not suffering as much as the animals are. Anyone who would profit off of the suffering of animals are not the victims!

    • @supernaturallytired1566
      @supernaturallytired1566 Před 6 lety +4

      technically people are animals... we're smart enough to have compassion for other species so why not use it?

    • @champagnesupernova777
      @champagnesupernova777 Před 5 lety

      You’re welcome!

  • @queenieelder3828
    @queenieelder3828 Před 2 lety +1

    Just animal abuse 😭

    • @trevorthesorcerer
      @trevorthesorcerer Před rokem +1

      Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus won all lawsuit against animal activist’s

    • @talisas3044
      @talisas3044 Před měsícem

      SO MANY LIKE YOU CRIED ANIMAL ABUSE YET THEY PROVE YALL WRONG AND THEY WON THEIR LAW SUITE THE and got a lot of money from the crybabies who claimed abuse

  • @howdafuckyalldarn1634
    @howdafuckyalldarn1634 Před 7 lety +8

    Well now since animals have rights, I guess I can't use my mule to plow the land. Good luck feeding yourself America.

    • @howdafuckyalldarn1634
      @howdafuckyalldarn1634 Před 7 lety

      gregarius1111 No thanks, the permit is meaningless. Why? PETA is an organization, which it is its own separate entity. It wasn't formed by the government, meaning they can't enforce laws or give meaningless permits out.

    • @champagnesupernova777
      @champagnesupernova777 Před 5 lety +1

      Shut up and use a tractor.

    • @Slomurr
      @Slomurr Před 5 měsíci

      "Wait spongebob! We have technology!"

  • @doubleam1845
    @doubleam1845 Před 7 lety

    If they treat those animals bad they are dumb, thats what makes the money

  • @someguy8955
    @someguy8955 Před 5 lety

    Prais the Lord that the circus is over!

    • @trevorthesorcerer
      @trevorthesorcerer Před rokem

      It’s not over you fool the company still lives you did’t win.

  • @shadykitty7493
    @shadykitty7493 Před měsícem +1

    good less animal abuse

  • @hozerveedubb_twosixx5296
    @hozerveedubb_twosixx5296 Před 7 lety +5

    that's what you get for abusing animals, let the animals free see if you have a circus. Decades of animal abuse , I say good riddance

    • @pebbles92able
      @pebbles92able Před 7 lety +2

      I am sure children wouldn't love it so much if they knew how the animals were mistreated and would prefer to visit places where they care for the animals such as animal sanctuaries!

    • @rlthunderstruck6005
      @rlthunderstruck6005 Před 4 lety

      Hozer Vee Dubb_twosixx animals don’t have souls

    • @curious5887
      @curious5887 Před 2 lety +1

      @@rlthunderstruck6005 doesn’t mean they deserve the abuse, Elephant and Tiger were abused during their training for circus, I think you are a bots

    • @elusivenarwhal1996
      @elusivenarwhal1996 Před rokem +1

      ​@rlthunderstruck6005 YES THEY DO!!!!!!!! >:(

    • @talisas3044
      @talisas3044 Před měsícem

      They never abuse any animals.

  • @allonsy3695
    @allonsy3695 Před 7 lety +12

    Finally this crap is ending. Who ever ended this charade that was animal cruelty disguised as entertainment thank you.

    • @thebeachrocks7829
      @thebeachrocks7829 Před 6 lety +4

      Allons Y So we also need to shut down all Zoos? Okay. Lets shut down my childhood.

    • @AFVfan1
      @AFVfan1 Před rokem

      @@thebeachrocks7829 You’re comparing apples to oranges. 🙄 Circus animals are tortured and forced to perform tricks for audiences. They’re subjected to cruel and painful training tactics.
      In a zoo, animals live in habitats that are specially equipped to meet their needs. They’re not forced to perform for people. They have the freedom to eat and sleep whenever they want to.

    • @talisas3044
      @talisas3044 Před měsícem

      @@AFVfan1cries from people screaming animal abuse from RINGLING BRO yet they couldn’t prove anything
      RINGLING never abused them and won the law suit SWEET VICTORY

    • @AFVfan1
      @AFVfan1 Před měsícem

      @@talisas3044 Watch the documentary “An Apology to Elephants”. There’s more than enough evidence to prove the truth.