The circus will give its final performance in May. — -- The owners of the famed Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus today pushed back against the idea that animal rights protests influenced ...

Members of PETA were in town Tuesday to protest performances of the Sharon Shrine Circus/The Jordan World Circus at the Anderson County Youth Livestock Pavilion, 750 N. U.S. Hwy 287. The Jordan World ...

The final curtain fell late Sunday on the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, known widely as "the Greatest Show on Earth." The circus, which traces its lineage back to showman P.T. Barnum’s ...

There was some BIG news this week -- literally -- as a circus elephant escaped from her pen and roamed the streets of a Montana city. The escape has garnered mixed reactions. While some said it was ...

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced Wednesday its big top circus will resume touring five years after it was retired, and animals will no longer be part of the performance.

The black bear named Xiong Xiong could be seen pinning a performer to the ground before colleagues rushed to help break the man free during a show in the city of Huzhou last Tuesday. According to ...

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 ...

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski lies on stage while an elephant climbs over him during a Fab. 11 performance of Rony Roller Circus in Rome. (Credit: Screen capture.) Listen ROME – As the saying goes, “no ...

In the center of a great steel-barred arena stood famed young Animal Trainer Clyde Beatty. On all sides his animals closed in on him. Lions, tigers and a black panther leaped forward with claws ...