After more than eight years of legal skirmishing, a trial is scheduled to open Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by animal welfare groups alleging Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus routinely abuses ...

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) settled a protracted case related to elephant abuse with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey today, agreeing to pay the circus' ...

The golden age of the circus is long past, and gone are the days when bombastic advertisements would draw thousands of clamoring fans eager to see the exotic spectacles they promised. While that may ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A British circus owner was given a conditional discharge on Friday for causing unnecessary suffering to an Asian elephant by keeping her chained up and allowing a handler to beat ...

This weekend's last show on earth for "The Greatest Show on Earth" has been in the making for 22 years, since a series of I-Team reports questioned whether elephants at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & ...

AP - After more than eight years of legal skirmishing, a trial is scheduled to open Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by animal welfare groups alleging that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ...

POLK CITY, Fla. -- The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively that growing public ...

The NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills is hosting a circus event that's been accused of animal cruelty: The Moslah Shrine Circus, which has faced criticism and protests from animal welfare ...

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