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 ...

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey is again bringing its circus to the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township. Most circuses are on tour for 48 weeks a year. Forced to travel in extreme ...

Sipping tea in their pleasant suburban home, Jan Creamer and her husband Tim Phillips look like an ordinary Home Counties ...

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 ...

Apr. 4—KINGSTON — Silvie Pomicter, President of Voice of the Animals, Tuesday said that animals forced to perform in circuses aren't trained to do confusing, uncomfortable, and even frightening tricks ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s “circus wars” are heating up, with a growing movement to ban circus animals meeting rising anger from circus workers. There have been messages posted on social networking ...

Jan. 14 marked the end of Ringling Brothers’ 146-year run of animal circuses. This also marked the end of an era and a beginning of public awareness on the training and treatment of circus animals. It ...

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 ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City became the latest place in Mexico to ban the use of animals in circuses Monday as the city council voted overwhelmingly for the prohibition, with fines of $45,000 to $60 ...

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 ...