When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed down in May 2017, a victim of changing tastes and years of protests by animal-rights groups, The Greatest Show on Earth seemed like the ...

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 ...

The big top circus tent went up last Sunday morning as the Culpepper & Merriweather circus came to New Whiteland for two shows. I saw two types of performers – consenting human performers and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus has been reimagined and reborn without animals as a high-octane family event with highwire tricks, soaring trapeze artists and bicycles ...

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 ...

Here are this week’s letters to the editor of the Sheboygan Press. See our letters policy below for details about how to share your views. Animals in circuses are not appealing Animals in circuses are ...

A semi-truck hauling circus animals erupted in flames on an Indiana highway early Saturday morning — setting free camels, zebras and a horse to run wild along the pavement. Troopers scrambled to catch ...

The smell of sawdust and popcorn fills the air. The clowns, acrobats and magicians are all in place. As the audience are guided to their seats inside the big top, all the classic elements of the ...