Sick Ringling Elephant Collapses.

An elephant in the Ringling Bros. Circus was filmed by activists after she collapsed on a sidewalk following an Anaheim, California performance.

The 54-year old Asian elephant, Sarah, was filmed lying totally still on an Anaheim sidewalk. Ringling Bros. crew members gathered around her struggling to keep concerned onlookers away. The incident is one more piece of evidence in the ongoing case against Ringling and their use of animals for profit entertainment.

Sarah’s public collapse couldn’t come at a worse time for Ringling. Just last month, the circus was cited for violations of the Animal Welfare Act when they were discovered to be withholding vet care from Sarah. The elephant suffers from a difficult to treat infection which Ringling’s own records reveal they have failed to treat properly.

Basic care and a little compassion could have prevented her illness from getting this out of control but the only thing that would have saved her would have been retirement. Still, Ringling maintains that Sarah’s collapse was an accident and in no way related to her health.