The Jordan World Circus is set to return to Butte Tuesday evening, nearly two years after an elephant named Viola escaped in ...

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POLK CITY, Fla. -- The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively that growing public ...

An animal trainer was trampled to death by his own elephant in front of a horrified circus crowd - before the creature escaped and rampaged through city streets. Tyke, a 20-year-old African bush ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is ending its elephant acts a year and a half early, and will retire all of its touring elephants in May. The move comes amid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wanting to run away with the circus was never a joke for Tyler West. This full-time clown said he's known that's what he wanted to ...

POLK CITY, Fla. (Reuters) - At a Florida retirement home for former circus elephants, residents enjoy a steady diet of high-quality hay and local fruits and vegetables, as well as baths and occasional ...

This weekend's last show on earth for "The Greatest Show on Earth" has been in the making for 22 years, since a series of I-Team reports questioned whether elephants at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This show is not your average stage musical, as it incorporates breathtaking acrobatic stunts that one would see in "Cirque Du ...

"Water for Elephants" musical tells story of traveling Depression-era circus, which includes Walter the clown.