Every now and again I learn of a formal move to make the lives of animals better, and none could be more needed and timely than a new pending bill that is geared to ban wild animals in traveling ...

The smell of sawdust and popcorn fills the air. The clowns, acrobats and magicians are all in place. As the audience are guided to their seats inside the big top, all the classic elements of the ...

Julie spent 40 years in captivity before being released into a 1,000-acre sanctuary, a charity says.

When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed down in May 2017, a victim of changing tastes and years of protests by animal-rights groups, The Greatest Show on Earth seemed like the ...

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced Wednesday its big top circus will resume touring five years after it was retired, and animals will no longer be part of the performance.

The history of training circus animals goes back much farther than what we think of today. There was no striped tent, brass band, or trainers stepping into the ring. People have watched animal ...

Inside a travelling aquatic circus in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek, whoops and cheers go up as a dolphin leaps out of a pool and slam-dunks a ball through a basketball net. Hundreds of people packed ...

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In 1965 the Great Circus Parade returned to Milwaukee for the third time, but it was the first time the antique wagons, ...