Animal Defenders International assists wildlife authorities in seizures. — -- British activists Tim Phillips and Jan Creamer raced through the Peruvian jungle moments after receiving word that a ...

Jan. 14 marked the end of Ringling Brothers’ 146-year run of animal circuses. This also marked the end of an era and a beginning of public awareness on the training and treatment of circus animals. It ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state has passed a bill that prohibits the use of elephants, bears, wild cats, and nonhuman primates in circuses and other traveling shows. The legislation, known as SB ...

The exotic animals are confined to small paddocks, the acrobats have been grounded, and the clowns aren't able to make an audience laugh anymore.

TRENTON, New Jersey -- New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed into law a bill to bar circuses, carnivals and fairs from using wild and exotic animals such as elephants and tigers. The measure signed ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - For the Carden Circus, animals are at the forefront. From elephants to camels, audiences will see and interact with them Wednesday night at the Alliant Energy Power House, ...

The circus will give its final performance in May. — -- The owners of the famed Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus today pushed back against the idea that animal rights protests influenced ...

France will gradually ban the use of wild animals in circuses, phase out orca and dolphin shows and will ban mink farming for fur, the environment minister said on Tuesday.

GRANT COUNTY, Ind. -- Part of a circus spilled out onto the highway in Indiana early Saturday morning after a trailer carrying animals caught on fire. It happened just after 2 a.m. in central ...