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FILE - In this Sunday, May 21, 2017 file photo, big cat trainer Alexander Lacey hugs one of the tigers during the final show of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum &amp; Bailey Circus in Uniondale, N.Y. On Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, officials said a Bengal tiger owned by Lacey was shot and killed after it escaped from a truck in Georgia on its way from Florida to Tennessee. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Police shoot and kill tiger that wandered on busy interstate

By JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Rosa Viveiros, first responders work at the center ring after a platform collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, Sunday, May 4, 2014, in Providence, R.I. At least nine performers were seriously injured in the fall, including a dancer below, while an unknown number of others suffered minor injuries. (AP Photo/Rosa Viveiros) MANDATORY CREDIT

While injured acrobats recover, circus goes on

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In this photo provided by Rose Viveiros, first responders work at the center ring after a platform collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, Sunday, May 4, 2014, in Providence, R.I. At least nine performers were seriously injured in the fall, including a dancer below, while an unknown number of others suffered minor injuries. (AP Photo/Rose Viveiros) MANDATORY CREDIT

Clip suspected in circus accident; 8 hospitalized

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and ERIKA NIEDOWSKI - Associated Press

In a cell phone photo provided by Tara Griggs, emergency workers tend to injured performers after a platform collapsed, Sunday, May 4, 2014, during the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus' Legends show at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, R.I. At least nine people were injured in the fall, including a dancer below. Roman Garcia, general manager of the show, said the accident occurred during the &quot;hair hang&quot; act in which the performers hang from their hair. (AP Photo/Tara Griggs)

Acrobats fall during Ringling Bros. circus stunt

By MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press

**FILE** Rep. James P. Moran, Virginia Democrat

New bill to target treatment of circus animals in traveling shows

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times