Although Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey have already phased out elephants, bears, lions, and tigers, regional circuses ...

But the animal welfare activists’ biggest win to date would prove temporary: When Ringling bought more circuses in 1929, he kept their cage acts and eventually brought them back to the Big Show ...

A panther mauled a 3-year-old boy after the dad daftly convinced his friends who worked at the circus to let the animal out of its cage. Perhaps, he forgot it was a wild animal. But the panther ...

A protest of mothers and children in front of the Togni Circus in Fuorigrotta, on Via Nuova Agnano: organized by animal ...

photo by SGr Captive wild animals in circuses endure countless hours confined to cramped cages and trailers as they are hauled from show to show. They are often subjected to cruel training methods to ...