Transportation and Housing

The circus moves in the "cool of the day" (either early mornings or late evenings) to provide the most comfort for transporting animals. Each elephant is loaded into a semi-trailer truck with the others in her herd or group. We use five trucks to transport 16 elephants. The trucks are equipped with ventilation and are cleaned out each and every day. Our average move is 60 miles a day, but for the most part we travel less than 60 miles. When the elephants arrive on the circus grounds they are unloaded from the trucks and are put in corrals. The same electrical fencing that is used for cattle and horses surrounds the corrals. Our elephants are rarely chained. We provide an awning, not only for the elephants, but also for all of the animals, which helps protect them from the hot sun as well as the rain.