Elephants Retirement

In recent news, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus will end performances with elephants. Bravo.

However, there's a plot twist. Instead of immediately handling the situation, elephant performances won't diminish until 2018. Um, what?

It is gauntly to say for the least that everyone was disappointed in that announcement. I can not express it enough, animals are not a display show. Captivity is such a huge social issue that people would rather not see beyond their own amusement in entertainment but to also try to see that these animals are suffering. I would have preferred that the elephants be released prior to the official statement but waiting more years for it to actually happen is pathetic.

Luke Sharrett for The New York Times

These companies obviously don't want to lose any profit and elephants are a big profit for a show, making it a central image of marketing.

Some cities actually forbid shows that have elephants due to brutal displays of; chains and hooks to control the animals movement.

But patience is a virtue. It really is better than nothing. I'm always fond of the progress humanity takes to better themselves and to stop captivity entertainment. I'm cheering on for these helpless animals, soon enough they'll be set free and in hopes of others following their footsteps.

I leave this post with this. Just let that photo sink in.