For two decades, a performing elephant was paraded before crowds, forced to perform under harsh conditions and constant confinement. But one day, after years of abuse and fear, she finally broke. In ...

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) settled a protracted case related to elephant abuse with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey today, agreeing to pay the circus' ...

In lengthy litigation over the treatment of performing animals, the real circus was in the courtroom. Lawyers for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey wrestled for 14 years with attorneys representing ...

After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free. Mondelez International, the parent company of Nabisco, has redesigned the packaging of its Barnum's ...

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 ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A small but passionate group of animal rights activists stood outside the Sarasota County Fairgrounds where the Loomis Bros. Circus performed over the weekend. The protesters ...