Tyke the elephant was being forced to perform with Circus International at the Neal Blaisdell Centre in Honolulu, Hawaii ...

For the first time since the Ringling Bros. brought their circus to Baraboo in the late 1800s, elephants won't be returning to the city as Circus World prepares to open their summer performance season ...

A circus elephant named Viola gave the performance of her life on Tuesday – a grand disappearing act. The mammoth animal was scheduled to appear on stage at Jordan World Circus in Butte, Montana, but ...

A horror rampage unfolded after an elephant trampled her trainer to death during a circus performance and then escaped into ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — This Mother's Day, Sault Ste. Marie will play host to acrobats, elephants and more when the circus comes to town. The Carden International Circus has been bringing its lineup of ...

After years of protests from the Humane Society and other animal activists, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus are retiring their elephants. According to the Associated Press, the gentle giants ...

Step right up to experience the razzle-dazzle of a circus, live on Broadway. “You wanna feel something?” Water for Elephants opens with that simple but weighty question, an unspoken promise to the ...

BUTTE, Montana -- This is not something you see every day. Video captured an elephant walking through the streets of Butte, Montana. It escaped from a traveling circus. The elephant, reportedly a ...

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