In the final of a three-part series, columnist Curt Eriksmoen discusses the evolution of circus culture and the public's scrutiny on animal cruelty Tyke the elephant escaped during the 1993 North ...

EVERETT -- As they lumbered past a muffler shop and the China Doll Restaurant yesterday, the closest the 10 Asian elephants came to their natural grassland habitat was a strip of manicured lawn near ...

CHICAGO -- Federal authorities have charged a circus animal training facility in northern Illinois with violating the Animal Welfare Act. John Cuneo said he will fight the allegations by the U.S.

The Military District of Washington's Joint Color Guard present the flags as a two ton Asian Elephant opens the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey "Zing Zang Zoom" circus performance at George ...

Performing animals are beaten, whipped, jabbed, or shocked with an electric prod to force them to perform unnatural and often confusing tricks. Wild and exotic animals used in traveling shows and ...

AN ELEPHANT at the Irem Shrine Circus in Wilkes-Barre killed a worker last month; more recently, an elephant named Viola escaped from the Cole Bros. Circus in between performances in Lynchburg, Va. It ...