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 ...

A circus elephant showed deeply touching grief as her long time performing partner suddenly collapsed and died earlier this week. The pair Jenny and Magda had been inseparable for more than a ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Animal Control greenlights Hadi Shrine Circus as controversy around elephant act remains Thomas B. Langhorne and Houston Harwood, Evansville Courier & Press Wed, November 22, 2023 at 9:37 PM UTC ...

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.

A circus without elephants might be more humane, but apparently it's far less enticing. The owners of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus said they will permanently end their 146-year-old ...