He began contracting with the major circus companies to have his aerial acts appear and by 1942, Art was managing "The Greatest Show on Earth" for the Ringling Bros ... the main tent blew down ...

“The elephants I grew to know and love at the circus were beaten daily with sharp bull hooks and chained like prisoners for hours on end.” —Tom Rider, former Ringling Bros. employee After nearly nine ...

Read full article: 🎪 ‘Circus spirit’ without animals, ringmaster at new Ringling show The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed its curtain in 2017 after animals were phased out ...

Kenneth Feld, who is chief executive of the family-owned Feld Entertainment, which now owns Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, hired painter William Woodward in 1989 to create it for the ...