SLIDESHOW: Elephants make their way through Kent for circus parade

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  • Thursday, September 3, 2009 2:03am
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Elephants step out of their coach cart Wednesday to head through Renton and Kent to get to Kent's ShoWare Center. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus offloaded their animals and equipment near Oaksdale Avenue Southwest and Southwest 41st Avenue in Renton

Elephants step out of their coach cart Wednesday to head through Renton and Kent to get to Kent's ShoWare Center. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus offloaded their animals and equipment near Oaksdale Avenue Southwest and Southwest 41st Avenue in Renton

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus rolled into town Sept. 2, and gave circus fans an exciting glimpse of their elephants and other performing animals, with a parade through part of Renton and Kent. The circus will perform Sept. 3-7 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.


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