A 146 year old tradition enjoyed by people of all walks of life has ended due to extremist. These extremist started out with a good point as all extremist usually do “the mistreatment of elephants at the circus must end” but were looking for a body rather then a few stitches. Instead of working with the circus to try and find a solution that could work in their business model they decided to fight to end the elephants. As a result circus revenue declined to the point of no return. Now over 500 people and their families will lose their source of revenue as well as this 146 year old tradition that has brought joy to people of all ages will end. Maybe we can learn from this example that we must be good to animals but people must come first.