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 ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — More than 1,000 acrobats, clowns and other circus employees marched through downtown Mexico City on Tuesday to protest a new ban on animals in circuses. China warns US 'must never ...

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 posthumous ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson has signed a bill making Washington the twelfth state in the country to restrict the use of animals in traveling circuses, exhibits and other shows. Washington State ...

EVANSVILLE — An Evansville Animal Care & Control inspection Wednesday offered one answer, at least, to persistent questions and controversy about the use of animals at the Hadi Shrine Circus. Two ...

requiring that animals have enough room to stand up and turn around when confined, but even these basic regulations are often ignored. Shrine circuses escape the scrutiny of governing bodies like the ...

Protesters from ‘Voice of the Animals’ will be at the opening of the 72nd Shrine Circus on Monday, April 10, at the Kingston Armory. KINGSTON — Silvie Pomicter, President of Voice of the Animals, ...

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. Germany's Roncalli ...

A Summerville-based Shriners International officer woke up to a gathering of PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) representatives standing outside the local resident's front door on his Jan.