Susan Nance

author, 'Entertaining Elephants'

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Associate professor at the University of Guelph in Ontario and the author of Entertaining Elephants: Animal Agency and the Business of the American Circus.

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The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus have announced they’re going to phase out elephants from their shows by 2018.

Ringling Brothers to Phase Out Elephants

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus have announced they’re going to phase out elephants from their shows by 2018.

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