FILE - In this July 15, 2009 file photo, an Asian elephant named Minyak, part of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, gets a bath from handler Hicham Basllam in Houston. The circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively on Thursday, March 5, 2015 that growing public concern about how the animals are treated led to the decision.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)