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Circuses have been closing like the Ringling Bros. and the Barnum and Baily Circus. A reason for the closing of circuses like these is "Over time, the public grew concerned about animal acts. Animal rights groups put pressure on cities where circuses toured. Many countries banned the use of wild animals in circuses. Some banned the use of any circus animals. This proves that is there were no more animals and people liked to see the animals they did not go to the circus because the animals were gone.Another reason is "mostly, the rise of TV and online entertainment meant that the "Greatest Show on Earth" didn't seem so great." This proves that sending to much money on putting it on T.V. made people not be able to see it so some people may have got angry they could not see it in T.V. or people did not know about it. As you can see there are many circuses closing because of this.

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The circus closed because  of all the animal fees and how Africa would not let them take the elephants and lions. This proves that Africa  wants to protect their animals and d o not want a circus to use them. This explains that  Africa has a lot of animals like lions elephants and many more. Also they closed because after electronics was invented not so many kids enjoyed going to a circus. This proves that children were more interested in electronics.This Explains that  kids liked electronics better. They closed in  May of 2017.

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed down because of alot of importent reasons.The text states, that Increased railroad costs made transporting the circus expensive. Animal rights groups protested the use of circus animals. But mostly, the rise of TV and online entertainment meant that the "Greatest Show on Earth" didn't seem so great.This shows many reasons took down the circus and know one wants to go to the circus anymore.According to the text, I think [the circus] isn't relevant to people in the same way." This proves that people just do not feel the same way about the circus anymore  and start to not come often.

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The Ringling bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus are closing in May, 2017 the reason why they are closing down is because people thought the elephants were getting hurt and not getting taken care of. In "Ringling Closes Down" it says "In 2000, Feld Entertainment was sued by an animal rights group that claimed that the circus mistreated the elephants in its care."it also says" In March 2015, Feld announced that it would stop using elephants in its performances, pointing to growing public concern about how the animals are treated as the reason for the decision. Feld retired the elephants from its shows in May 2016, sending all 40 of them to the company's Center for Elephant Conservation in Florida.

Without the elephants, ticket sales dropped. The circus moved further from the public's mind." This part of the text is stating how people were mistaken and they thought the elephants were getting hurt and not getting taken care of because they were uninformed if the animals were okay. To sum things up some times people get worried and start making guess' .

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The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Baily circus closed in may of 2017 this is because kids have found better things to do instead of seeing the circus. Also, people stared protesting for  circus animal rights. According to the text, "kids became less interested in the circus. Television, video games, and the Internet captured their attention." this shows how kids have better stuff to do besides going to the circus. The text states, "In 2000, Feld Entertainment was sued by an animal rights group." this exemplifies, how bad people are protesting for circus animal rights. To sum things up, this is some reasons why the circus has closed.

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The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed down because people lost intrest and did not like the us of animals in the circus as time past. According to the text "But as the 20th century went on, kids became less interested in the circus. Television, video games, and the Internet captured their attention." This shows more new gadgets such as electronics and more attract children instead of children going to the circus they play their electronics. The text states "Over time, the public grew concerned about animal acts." This means that people did not like that the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was using animals because they thought they where mistreating them and not taking care of the animals. To sum things up this is why people did not like the mistreated animals and how kids lost intrest .

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The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed because people thought that elephants were being harmed.According to the text,''Some thought the elephants were being harmed.''This shows that, people said the elephants were being harmed.The circus closed in MAY 2017.According to the text,''The circus could not go on. It would close in may.''This proves that,  the circus people had to close in may 2017. To sum things up, the circus was closed due to the harmed elephants.

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The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is closed there circus in May 2017 because they are not getting much attention to kids they would rather be on the internet.The Text states" But as the years passed, kids became less interested in the circus. Television, video games, and the Internet captured their attention."this shows that kid would ratter be on the Internet. Also, the text states  "But mostly, TV and online entertainment came about. Because of this, the "Greatest Show on Earth" didn't seem so great. " this shows that the greatest show on earth was supposably better than the circus. And the author wrote "Goodbye to trapeze artists and lion tamers. Goodbye to the cheerful circus music. Send out the clowns. The circus is closing—for good." this show they are getting ready to close the circus. Finally the author states' In January 2017, leaders of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced that the circus would close in May. "this show they closed the circus in may 2017

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the history of the Ringling bros. and Barnum and Bailey starts when

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shut down for many reasons. First of all, The article states, Increased railroad costs made transporting prohibitively expensive. This proves that since the costs of transporting was getting higher they may have not been able to collect money from shows they get to by travelling. Lastly, the article states, Feld announced that it would phase out elephants from its performances, citing growing public concern about how the animals are treated as the reason for the decision. This shows that a reason the show may have became less popular and shut down could be the loss of the elephants that people loved. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shut down for many reasons.

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The history behind the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closing down was tragic.
One example, is " In 2000, Feld Entertainment was sued by an animal rights group. The group claimed that the circus mistreated its elephants. In May 2014, the courts ruled in favor of Feld, saying that it had not harmed its elephants. Still, in March 2015, Feld announced that it would stop using elephants in its performances. Feld pointed to growing public concern about how the animals are treated as the reason for the decision. Feld retired the elephants from its shows in May 2016. "
This was one reason, why they had to shut down.
Another reason, is "
But as the 20th century went on, kids became less interested in the circus. Television, video games, and the Internet captured their attention. and   There are many suspects. Increased railroad costs made transporting the circus expensive. "
This all show's, that it was getting harder and harder to handle    a circus .
To sum things up,  the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus couldn't handle the circus after all .