The final Ringling Bros show with elephants just finished in Providence, Rhode Island . One of the reasons for the retirement of the elephants was local bans on bullhooks such as the one in los angeles.This is the pole with a metal hook on the end to jab and hit the animal with. Without this bullhook the trainers have no way to control the elephant and effectively blocking the circus from operating in that area.
While it is great they will not be used in the Circus anymore ,Ringling chose to retire them to their 200 acre florida property instead of a true sanctuary like the 2000 acre Paws Facility in California. At the florida facility the elephants stay chained at night and sleep in a caged area. At Paws in California ,where most zoos have chosen to retire their elephants they can roam free over hills and food is trucked out to them. They have no handlers,no chains and no bullhooks. Ringing has made a deal with a cancer research company to experiment on the elephants and they will continue to breed them.
Ringling will still continue to use other animals in their shows such as tigers.
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I know this occurred in 2010 but it is an AMAZING story, one I'll never forget!
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In early 2010, a German Shepherd called Buddy was hailed a hero for guiding an Alaskan State Trooper through winding and remote back roads to a fire at his owner's workshop.
Alaskan State Trooper , Terrence Shanigan, was led to the incident by Buddy after his GPS failed. The incident was recorded on Terrence's patrol car dashboard camera, which shows exactly how Buddy managed to help.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska State Troopers are presenting a special award to Buddy, a German Shepherd that led authorities to a fire at his owners' property near Willow.
Buddy will receive the engraved silver-plated dog bowl Friday afternoon in Anchorage.
Troopers say Buddy and his owner, 23-year-old Ben Heinrichs, were in the family workshop on the Caswell Lakes property April 4 when a heater ignited chemicals
.Heinrichs, who sustained minor flash burns on his face, dashed out as the fire grew. He then told Buddy "we need to get help."
The dog took off and eventually found a trooper responding to a call about the fire. Buddy led the officer through winding back roads to the house and the trooper guided firefighters to the scene.
The workshop was destroyed, but only some window trim on the house was damaged.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4svy6iGT4
Watch Tuffy jump for joy in his first days outside after being rescued
from a bear bile farm where he'd spent years of torture in a tiny cage.
Court says the camp is unconstitutional.
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