“Wind, rain and bitter cold could not keep five determined women from sending their message to Woodland Park Zoo: An elephant never forgets.” – seattlepi.com

“A spokesman for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey said Wednesday he doubts Oklahomans will be scared away from the circus next month by recent legal action accusing the company of chaining its elephants for days at a time.” – NewsOK.com

“Both sides of the spectrum were on display this weekend, each battling to make their voices loudest. Mitch Goldsmith, social relations and policy freshman and events coordinator for Students Promoting Animal Rights, or SPAR, said the circus is an old-fashioned tradition that promotes animal cruelty. Goldsmith said the government agrees. Royal Hanneford, he said, has previously been cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for several offenses.” – The State News

“The ASPCA has posted a petition in opposition of TNT’s upcoming television series, “Greatest Show on Earth.” The TNT network announced last month that it is developing six new unscripted series as part of a primetime programming shift, and one of the shows is Greatest Show On Earth, which will take viewers inside the famous Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as it whisks the circus to cities and towns across the country. It will be produced by Earth Angel Productions, with Mark Wolper, Kenneth and Feld, Al Hassas and Res Izad as executive producers.” – ConnieTalk

“A special rectangular device lifted the bubble Tuesday morning around the 4-ton elephant, named Tai.” – KNBC | Los Angeles

“A city charity is calling for a whisky firm to end its association with the sport of elephant polo.” – Edinburgh Evening News

“Despite controversy and previous cancellation, an elephant-in-a-bubble show apparently must go on.” – PE.com

“Animal rights campaigners are urging people to boycott performances of Bobby Roberts’ Super Circus at Huntingdon Racecourse over the presence of an elderly elephant.” – Cambridge News

“Animal rights protestors have launched a series of demonstrations outside a circus in Northampton, angered by the presence of a 55-year-old elephant named Anne.” – Northampton Chronicle and Echo

“It is too soon for conservationists to ring the alarm bells over South Africa’s elephant management plan that includes culling, argues Dr Richard Leakey. In this week’s Green Room, he says the measures are necessary and based in animal welfare concerns.” – BBC NEWS

“According to TMZ, former Price Is Right host, Bob Barker, wrote a letter to the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California, stating that he is against their planned stunt in which an artist will enclose an Asian elephant inside a giant soap bubble. ” – Celebrity Cafe

“Santa Ana’s Discovery Science Center had planned an exhibition in which an artist would try to surround an elephant with a giant soap bubble. People complained; now the elephant won’t participate.” – Los Angeles Times

“Legalising the culling of elephants has infuriated animal- rights groups.” – The Times

“Animal Rights Africa (ARA) has threatened boycotts, protests and legal steps if South Africa legalises culling to control elephant numbers.” – IOL

“A group opposed to the elephant-breeding program at Woodland Park Zoo has asked the federal government to investigate the death of Hansa, a 6-year-old Asian elephant who died in June.” – SeattlePI

“In protest against the proposed ?Elephant Safari Zone? in the forests of Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts, several tribal action groups and welfare associations, led by CPM leaders, staged a dharna at ITDA Office here on Wednesday.” – Newindpress.com

“Mayor Stephen Mandel was given a stuffed elephant today from an activist who wants city council to give the Valley Zoo’s biggest resident a present in return – a new home in Tennessee.” – Edmonton Journal

“The death of a young Asian elephant at a Missouri zoo has made Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley, Ill., the target of an angry animal-rights group.” – QCTimes.com