Trudy Williams washes down an Asian elephant named Icky at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation in Polk City, Florida in this September 30, 2015, file photo. The elephant acts that have been part of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shows for more than a century will end in May, earlier than their previously announcement retirement, the circus' parent company said on January 11, 2016. (Photo by Scott Audette/Reuters)
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