OLMSTED TWP. Carson and Barnes Circus presented four performances at Olmsted Falls Middle School last weekend, despite protests by animal welfare activists.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is on the move once more, this time without animals. Here’s how the show has been revamped.

California will be the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products and the third to bar most animals from circus performances under a pair of bills signed Saturday by Gov ...

BOSTON (AP) — A circus is under fire for bringing back animal acts a year after earning praise from animal rights groups for dropping them to keep up with changing public attitudes. The Melha… ...

A Russian circus show went terribly awry after a humongous bear mauled its female trainer twice in front of horrified spectators, as seen in alarming video footage.

The circus is coming to town — in Oakland this week, and in San Jose next. For parents who want their children to experience the best of everything in life, the spectacle of wild animals ...

WASHINGTON — Animal rights activists asked a federal judge today to find that the Ringling Bros. and Barnum &Bailey Circus violates the Endangered Species Act by using metal-tipped prods and ...

The Circus-Theater Roncalli uses 3D holograms instead of real animals. The cruelty-free circus was the first of its kind.

The Shriners don’t own a circus. They hire performers, including animal acts, who perform under the Shrine banner. Many of the licensed animal exhibitors they use have troubling violations of ...

Kurek said. Circus Pages manager Yolanda Earhart, who was aware of the local protest, denied the animals are being mistreated and said this is the 10th year the circus has been held in Porter County.

If signed into law, the proposal would make Massachusetts the 11th state to adopt such a ban on using big cats and exotic creatures in traveling shows.