Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian import and America’s most profitable circus, is animal-free but full of animalized human performers. Courtesy: Cirque du Soleil In 1917, the publication of a ...

It was the worst circus train crash on record for the U.S. but 15 years later the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus would befall an ...

Animals kept in such conditions frequently exhibit “zoochosis”—stereotypic behaviors such as rocking, swaying, pacing, and self-mutilation that indicate extreme mental distress. Circuses also pose a ...

As the audience are guided to their seats inside the big top, all the classic elements of the circus are there – except one. The live animals have been replaced by holograms. Because of concerns ...

The adult lion appears to have escaped from a nonprofit shelter for former circus animals that's allegedly linked to the ...

Two states and several local governments joined a growing list of jurisdictions acting on behalf of wild and exotic animals exploited by circuses and other traveling exhibitions this past year. In Los ...

21, 2018. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Washington lawmakers are looking to pass a bill that would prohibit using big cats, bears and other wild animals in traveling circus acts in the state.

From 1994 to 2013, the circus received almost 30 violations for failing to provide veterinary care and control the animals in ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus returns to Atlanta after an eight-year hiatus for 13 shows at two venues over two weekends.

Washington lawmakers are looking to pass a bill that would prohibit using big cats, bears and other wild animals in traveling circus acts in the state. Senate Bill 5065 would ban animals like ...