Portraits of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performers and staff
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Portrait of Tatiana Tchalabaeva, who is an acrobat with the Thundering Cossack Warriors. "It's a lot of fun, [but there is] a lot of danger to it. Anything can happen. Horses can fall, you can fall, anything can happen. But you just go out there and you enjoy it, it's fun. It's an amazing feeling, the bond between animal and you. We love it. Our horses are just like our kids, we love them. They're part of our family."
After 146 years, the "Greatest Show on Earth" will close its curtain in the end of May.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus started in 1919 when the circus created by James Anthony Bailey and P. T. Barnum merged with the Ringling Brothers Circus. The circus' parent company, Feld Entertainment, made the decision to end the show after waning ticket sales and long court battles over the treatment of animals, particularly the elephants, made the costly entertainment event unsustainable.
![Portrait of Tatiana Tchalabaeva, who is an acrobat with the Thundering Cossack Warriors. "It's a lot of fun, [but there is] a lot of danger to it. Anything can happen. Horses can fall, you can fall, anything can happen. But you just go out there and you enjoy it, it's fun. It's an amazing feeling, the bond between animal and you. We love it. Our horses are just like our kids, we love them. They're part of our family."<br />
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After 146 years, the "Greatest Show on Earth" will close its curtain in the end of May. <br />
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus started in 1919 when the circus created by James Anthony Bailey and P. T. Barnum merged with the Ringling Brothers Circus. The circus' parent company, Feld Entertainment, made the decision to end the show after waning ticket sales and long court battles over the treatment of animals, particularly the elephants, made the costly entertainment event unsustainable.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I000046GorslC1TY/fit=1000x750/g=G0000BI8ps.2vTPA/150827-Sinclair-RinglingPortraits-023.jpg)
