In addition to the cost of maintaining the elephants, B&B has been in continuous legal combat with animal rights groups and having to confront communities where the use of elephants in circuses are banned. It only took a few incidents of elephants rampaging over the last three decades to convince city legislators it wasn’t worth the risk. While B&B does take better care of their animals than some lesser circuses, there has still been many incidents of injuries to elephants due to the chains they wear on their feet and the mental trauma that being kept in a closed environment while on tour has on these very intelligent and social animals. I believe using elephants to entertain and educate humans is best done in well equipped zoos where there is ample acreage for these wondrous creatures to entertain themselves and grazeRespectfully,C.
In addition to the cost of maintaining the elephants, B&B has been in continuous legal combat with animal rights groups and having to confront communities where the use of elephants in circuses are banned. It only took a few incidents of elephants rampaging over the last three decades to convince city legislators it wasn’t worth the risk. While B&B does take better care of their animals than some lesser circuses, there has still been many incidents of injuries to elephants due to the chains they wear on their feet and the mental trauma that being kept in a closed environment while on tour has on these very intelligent and social animals. I believe using elephants to entertain and educate humans is best done in well equipped zoos where there is ample acreage for these wondrous creatures to entertain themselves and grazeRespectfully,C.