It's official: America has lost it MOJO - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus to close after 146 years

Sad! wrote:

Or people are waking up to the fact that this business is based on brutal animal cruelty.

We loved to perform for the people. Why do think all you humans go out to Hollywood?

It's a blue collar activity

is this a joke? or are you that archaic? The times, they are a changing ROJO, get with it.

Next thing to go needs to be the zoos. Who wants to be stared at and photographed all day? Depressed animals in a state of zoochosis overdosing on zoozac. Close the zooz next!

petanow wrote:

Next thing to go needs to be the zoos. Who wants to be stared at and photographed all day? Depressed animals in a state of zoochosis overdosing on zoozac. Close the zooz next!

Yeah, let's release all those animals into the wild so they can all die within ten minutes. And screw all the amazing research that zoos do.

"Next thing to go needs to be the zoos. Who wants to be stared at and photographed all day? Depressed animals in a state of zoochosis overdosing on zoozac. Close the zooz next!"

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Some should definitely be closed down but others are helping with the fertility of endangered species and helping their numbers to increase back to where they should be before man totally screwed over their natural habitats selfishly.

Extinctions happen but not like this and never before - The 'Ivory Trade' F'ers don t give a $hit about what they kill in order to get their cash. Some zoos and research centers help to preserve the dignity of these animals place in the environment.

Trump Coal wrote:

UsedToBeKnowItAll wrote:

The nostalgia can only keep a relatively boring experience in business for so long. The world has moved on. Sears and Macy's are going the same way because they can't adapt to the world of Amazon.

The same is true for coal. The world has moved on. Trump still wants to Make Coal Burn Again!

Do you know how most electricity is produced, that stuff you would use to fuel your "clean" car?

blowngo wrote:

Trump Coal wrote:

The same is true for coal. The world has moved on. Trump still wants to Make Coal Burn Again!

Do you know how most electricity is produced, that stuff you would use to fuel your "clean" car?

Did you know that "most" refers to more than 50%?

America lost it's MOJO when Mr. Henry Ford stopped making his Model T.

When is the last time the Brojos went to the circus?

If you can't answer in the last 10 years...you are why it's shutting down

Some..yes. But, wrote:

"Next thing to go needs to be the zoos. Who wants to be stared at and photographed all day? Depressed animals in a state of zoochosis overdosing on zoozac. Close the zooz next!"

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Some should definitely be closed down but others are helping with the fertility of endangered species and helping their numbers to increase back to where they should be before man totally screwed over their natural habitats selfishly.

Extinctions happen but not like this and never before - The 'Ivory Trade' F'ers don t give a $hit about what they kill in order to get their cash. Some zoos and research centers help to preserve the dignity of these animals place in the environment.

In my opinion you are confusing zoos with something like wildlife sanctuaries. Zoos are interested in making a profit off of animals with little to no concern about the health of the animals. While sanctuaries are interested in the health of the animal and using their profits to better the animal or its species if it happens to be endangered.

I completely agree with your statement on poachers. They, similar to zoos, are not interested in the well-being of the animal or its species, rather in making a profit.

I believe this statement is true with most or almost all organizations that own animals. Animals are very abused in our culture. Some examples of industries which care more about taking advantage or animals to make a profit and less about the animal or species:

-farms

-horse races

-dog breeders

-zoos

-theme parks

-some clothing companies

-meat/dairy industry

-etc.

curatoristic wrote:

I would say it is about time. I went to the circus once in the seventies - I'm 58 now - and it was archaic and outdated even then as entertainment. Put a few artifacts in a history museum where they belong.

They are closing the museum. Your argument could stand for opera, orchestral music fine art, ballet.

Do kids still enjoy the circus? I'm sure the right age group would

Yeah, capitalism sucks doesn't it?

CoyoteRoadRunner wrote:

In my opinion you are confusing zoos with something like wildlife sanctuaries. Zoos are interested in making a profit off of animals with little to no concern about the health of the animals. While sanctuaries are interested in the health of the animal and using their profits to better the animal or its species if it happens to be endangered.

I completely agree with your statement on poachers. They, similar to zoos, are not interested in the well-being of the animal or its species, rather in making a profit.

I believe this statement is true with most or almost all organizations that own animals. Animals are very abused in our culture. Some examples of industries which care more about taking advantage or animals to make a profit and less about the animal or species:

-farms

-horse races

-dog breeders

-zoos

-theme parks

-some clothing companies

-meat/dairy industry

-etc.

There are dog breeders and then there are puppy mills. Your statement about taking advantage of animals and not caring about their well-being applies in spades to puppy mills. It does not really apply to many responsible dog breeders.

To anyone who ever considers getting a puppy (not a rescue) the very first thing to learn is the difference between a responsible dog breeder and a puppy mill. It is night and day.

They couldn't compete. A new circus is opening up on 1/20/17. They have a gaggle of clowns that are very entertaining.