If some New York City officials and animal advocates prevail, there’ll be no more tigers, lions, leopards, monkeys, zebras or even sloths whenever “The Greatest Show on Earth” comes to town. Two city ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia – LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Four lion cubs freed under Bolivia's circus-animal ban took off for California on Thursday, heading to a new life in a refuge built with the help of television ...

Anyone who’s ever parted with $4 to attend a traveling circus in Central America knows what a sad spectacle they can be: skinny elephants trudge mindlessly in tail-to-trunk circles; a listless jaguar ...

Actor and animal advocate Pamela Anderson landed in London this week, and at the top of her agenda was posting an urgent letter to Prime Minister Theresa May calling on her to bring forward ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the New Jersey Assembly Monday for passing Nosey’s Law (S1093), which would ban the use of wild and exotic animals for entertainment in ...

The Eagle published an arresting letter July 7 which described vividly the plight of wild animals who have the misfortune to be part of a traveling circus. Parents with young children who refuse to ...

Illinois lawmakers have approved legislation expanding the state’s existing ban on elephants in traveling animal acts to now include lions, tigers, and bears.

HACKENSACK — Likely the first such government entity to do so in New Jersey, Bergen County’s freeholders Wednesday unanimously adopted an ordinance banning exotic animal shows, such as circuses, on ...

On my morning commute, I heard an ad for the Jordan World Circus, and once again they’re bringing elephants to Billings.

KINGSTON — The Irem Shrine Circus returned for its 75th year at the Kingston Armory on Monday as animal activists gathered outside to protest the use of camels in the show. “We’re urging the Shrine ...