Since its inception in the 18th century, the circus industry has used animals, confining and training them to entertain humans. Yet as more research reveals the abuses of the industry, public opinion ...

Vegan, writer, editor, actor, flutist, animal lover. The Culpepper & Merriweather Circus still advertises its usage of animals in their acts, and the group travels for more than 30 weeks per year ...

After a six-year hiatus, the Ringling Bros. Circus is returning. When they ceased operations in 2017, animal advocates were ecstatic. All circus animals are inherently treated poorly. Animals like ...

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 ...

With its 100th Anniversary celebration, the world's longest continuously-running circus leads the way in animal rights advocacy The St. Paul Osman Shrine Circus is back in town and promises an ...

Tiger tamer Alexander Lacey gets his tigers on their feet in one of the final performances of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via ...

A semi-truck hauling circus animals erupted in flames on an Indiana highway early Saturday morning — setting free camels, zebras and a horse to run wild along the pavement. Troopers scrambled to catch ...

The Watertown Police Department responded to an unusual call on Friday morning.

London-based Animal Defenders International (ADI) spent years fighting to save seven circus tigers kept inside cramped cages ...

Meet Viola whose life is a circus, literally. She escaped from the big top in Butte, Montana during her bath after a truck backfired and scared her. According to the Today Show Instagram page, Viola's ...

Nearly a dozen circus animals roamed along a northern Indiana highway in the early hours of Saturday after they were safely rescued from a truck fire, authorities said. The incident occurred on ...

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 ...