Panem et circuses over? It's pretty sad. I worked sels & grey circus @ 1976, lived in the same trailer w/ Besse the elephant & by the grace of God, evacuated her evacuations from time to time (when willie was sick). {Jim warnt gunna go for that sheet & James less...he'd hanker out for the hills & get lost...once the whole circus went back to town lookin for him} Some folk thought Bob was a bit tough w/ the iron prods on Besse. Well it didn't hurt that much. How's an elephant sposed to know where to go? Sure they got a bit of liberty, intelligence and free will, but memory? not so much. Never heard the elephant squeal until we hit a town w/out water. Thank God it rained. Buckets.