Watch a Circus Elephant Help Clean Up Joplin, Missouri

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Adam Clark Estes 2,748 Views May 31, 2011

More than a week after the devastating tornado, residents of Joplin, Missouri continue to dig themselves out of the wreckage. But over the weekend, they got some unlikely help in pulling heavy items like mangled cars from underneath the debris. According to a YouTube user who uploaded the video below, the Picadilly Circus had been scheduled to perform in Joplin but cancelled their performance after the venue was repurposed as a hospital for tornado victims. It looks like the circus elephants were repurposed too. Below watch one of the would-be performers help with relief efforts.

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