Animal activists say numerous elephants have died in Ringling Bros. care; what is your response?
In the last fourteen years, 25 elephants died, most as the result of old age. We mourn the passing of the elephants but also consider ourselves fortunate that overall our herd, the largest sustainable population of captive Asian elephants in the Western Hemisphere, is thriving and that our Asian elephant conservation program has bred 20 elephant calves since our program started in the early 1990s. Breeding programs like Ringling Bros. will be essential to the survival of the Asian elephant species.
