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BARABOO, Wis. (WKOW) -- It's a bittersweet month at Circus World as staff soak up every last moment with the elephants before they retire at the end of August. Circus World Director Scott O'Donnell ...

A circus elephant named Viola gave the performance of her life on Tuesday – a grand disappearing act. The mammoth animal was scheduled to appear on stage at Jordan World Circus in Butte, Montana, but ...

When Kelly and Viola burst through the red curtains at Circus World at the end of the summer, it will mark the end of an era. The two elephants, performers at the Big Top in Baraboo, Wis., are ...

An elephant named Viola recently caused chaos in Butte, Montana, after escaping a circus and roaming the streets on her own. Astonishing video shows the Asian elephant casually walking through a ...

An elephant escaped the confines of a traveling circus and roamed the streets of Butte, Montana, on Tuesday before it was recaptured without incident, NBC Montana reported. Sheriff Ed Lester of the ...

BUTTE, Mont. — The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana, leading the pachyderm to break through a fence and take a brief walk ...

Every August, circus performers, animals and seasonal workers leave Circus World as the Baraboo museum’s summer performance season comes to an end. But after this year, for the first time since the ...

For the first time since the Ringling Bros. brought their circus to Baraboo in the late 1800s, elephants won't be returning to the city as Circus World prepares to open their summer performance season ...

BUTTE, Mont. — The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana, leading the pachyderm to break through a fence and take a brief walk ...