12-Year-Old Goes To Battle With Ringling Bros. Circus

12-Year-Old Goes To Battle With Ringling Bros. Circus
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402502 01: A performer from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus rides on an elephant passing by Capitol Hill March 18, 2002 in Washington, DC. The circus will perform at the MCI Center from March 21 to March 24, 2002 in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

For the last night of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus in downtown Brooklyn, New York, a group of protesters showed up to voice their opposition to the event, which brought elephants, tigers, kangaroos and other animals to the Barclays Center.

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