# Retired circus elephants move to new sanctuary in Florida

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 5, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-circus-elephants-move-to-new-sanctuary-in-florida/941475 "2021-05-05T19:21:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-circus-elephants-move-to-new-sanctuary-in-florida/941475/1 "2021-05-05T19:21:08Z")

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I saw this on the news this morning and I have to share it. Retired elephants from the Ringling Bros./Barnum and Bailey Circus have a spacious new sanctuary where they can roam and forage and bond with other elephants.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UvJPoKca-JA/maxresdefault.jpg "Former circus elephants get spacious new home in Florida") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvJPoKca-JA)

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-circus-elephants-move-to-new-sanctuary-in-florida/941475/2 "2021-05-05T21:31:13Z")

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I think my childhood dog went there too.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-circus-elephants-move-to-new-sanctuary-in-florida/941475/3 "2021-05-05T22:51:13Z")

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[An elephant sanctuary in an area which is primarily Republican?](https://www.wjct.org/nassau-county-election-returns/) Makes sense.

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**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-circus-elephants-move-to-new-sanctuary-in-florida/941475/4 "2021-05-07T00:11:02Z")

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As Seinfeld said, “My father retired and moved to Florida. He didn’t want to, but hey, it’s the law”.

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**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-circus-elephants-move-to-new-sanctuary-in-florida/941475/5 "2021-05-08T05:02:30Z")

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I hope the elephants aren’t too close to my favorite rescue group. [Wouldn’t want them to be tiger dinner.](https://bigcatrescue.org/)