Washington bans wild animals in circuses: a fading tradition. Learn how public ethics are shifting in animal entertainment.

Martin Jr Lacey says he loves his animals, but his big top act has attracted considerable criticism and protests - with ...

Main circus train wreck in Vail on Wednesday morning ... of the five human deaths and the deaths of horses and exotic animals; and of a tiger that killed a cow being milked the next day.

The elephants and other animals are also in the past ... than ever before,” Williams explained. Parts of the old circus train were sold by show owner Feld Entertainment, while other parts ...

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 ...

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 The live animals have been replaced by holograms.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 ...