An elephant recently surprised those on a Montana road after running away from a nearby circus. It has now come to light that it is the third time this female pachyderm has fled its circumstances.

According to a news release from the Humane Society of the U.S., Viola escaped from a traveling circus in Lynchburg, Virginia, and was injured when she fell down a hill. Four years later, she and two ...

The story of Viola the elephant escaping the Jordan World Circus on Tuesday in Butte was shared nationwide and beyond. Reports of her brief journey for freedom spread like wildfire. People frantically ...

When they were “retired” from performing at Circus World last August, the Asian elephants Viola and Kelly were to head to a sanctuary in Oklahoma where Circus World executive director Scott O’Donnell ...