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# Sunday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/41946/
- Published: 2017-01-15T11:35:28.000Z
- Updated: 2017-01-15T11:35:28.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

I've never been a big fan of circuses, and I'm not even sure I've been to a Ringling Bros. circus (I've attended only two, and the one I attended as an adult was not Ringling), but I find this mildly sad, though the animal rights activists are gloating:

> Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is closing forever in May. Here is a timeline of its 146-year history. [https://t.co/XuOPvylPIu](https://t.co/XuOPvylPIu?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)

> — The Associated Press (@AP) [January 15, 2017](https://twitter.com/AP/status/820488342039105536?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)

Whenever I see a reference to "circus" or "freak show," I think about that doctor who used to show premature babies as freak exhibits in order to fund his studies on how to save them. If you haven't heard the story, [you can read about it here](http://nypost.com/2015/07/31/the-freak-show-doctor-who-saved-thousands-of-preemies-lives/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).