PETA alleges the elephant has paralysis "likely due to being forced to stand on her head and put several tons of weight on her trunk for decades." ...

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 ...

Animal advocates with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) demonstrated outside the El Paso County Coliseum ...

Texans are rallying behind a traveling circus elephant they believe has long been a victim of animal abuse. A group of Waco residents are planning to protest on Thursday against the Mysterious Circus, ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The Extraco Events Center told KWTX no wrongdoing has been found at the site housing an elephant with “The Mysterious Circus” currently in Waco. “The [circus] only rents the space ...

BUTTE, Montana -- This is not something you see every day. Video captured an elephant walking through the streets of Butte, Montana. It escaped from a traveling circus. The elephant, reportedly a ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A circus has agreed to pay a $16,000 fine to settle a federal complaint alleging animal-welfare violations involving Missouri and Pennsylvania shows where elephants were allowed to ...

DUBLIN (AP) – An elephant called Baby did not want a bath. Instead, the 40-year-old pachyderm bolted from a circus in southern Ireland on Tuesday, causing some alarm to customers in a coffee shop ...