Cynthia Moss, from the Amboseli Elephant Research Project, said: ‘Elephants in circuses are bought and sold, separated from companions, confined, chained and forced to stand for hours and ...

Sammy Haddock started working with elephants when he joined the circus at 20, in 1976, a young man's dream. He walked them, groomed them, cleaned up after them. More than once, he later confessed ...

Timeline. August 23, 2007 US District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan issues a ruling rejecting Ringling Brothers' attempts to have the case dismissed, and permitting the plaintiffs' case to proceed to ...

A blind child in Chicago sits on the back of a kneeling elephant from the Ringling Brothers Circus in April 1917. Ringling Bros. will have elephants perform for the final time Sunday, May 1.

A blind child in Chicago sits on the back of a kneeling elephant from the Ringling Brothers Circus in April 1917. Ringling Bros. will have elephants perform for the final time Sunday, May 1.

Circus owner William Jaramillo is denying any claims of mistreatment. "The person who has the elephant is with the elephant 24 hours a day," Jaramillo told KWTX. "It has a special caretaker.

On Thursday, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced they would phase out their iconic elephant acts by 2018. The decision was spurred by public concern about the treatment of ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus recently kicked off a new nationwide tour following a six-year hiatus. But for the first time in the show’s century-and-a-half history, there will be no ...

A trumpet split the air, gates swung wide. Past the slim, tail-coated form of Ringmaster Fred Bradna lumped a big bull elephant to herald the 166th year of American circus and the 13th season of ...

The circus's integration into the town's life was seamless and, by today's standards, surreal. Birma, a magnificent three-and-a-half-ton circus elephant, became an unlikely star of local advertising.