In other animal rights news, the elephants of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus have performed their last show. The circus announced last year it would end its elephant acts amid mounting public concern over animal mistreatment. The elephants are headed to a refuge in Florida, where the company that runs the circus is based. Humane Society CEO Wayne Pacelle told NPR the decision to end the Ringling Bros. elephant acts was “almost like the [fall of] the Berlin Wall within the animal welfare [community].”