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# Days are numbered for the circus
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/days-are-numbered-for-the-circus-editor/
- Published: 2007-07-24T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:21:29.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Phyllis Elliott Santa Monica*

I hope (the Daily Press’) ad for Ringling Bros. — The Cruelest Show On Earth — doesn’t generate a single ticket sale. Santa Monica residents have little patience with inadequate confinement of animals.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 24, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/072407.pdf?ref=smdp.com)