Past Features

Elephant Attacks Handler at Ringling’s Breeding Compound
On April 13, an elephant handler was trampled and critically injured by an elephant at Ringling’s breeding center in Polk City, Fla. Injuries and deaths resulting from altercations between circus handlers and animals are not uncommon in the circus industry.

Elephant Tests Positive for TB at Ringling Breeding Compound
PETA first learned from an informed source that a male elephant at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' breeding facility in Polk City, Florida, has tested positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB)--a human strain of the deadly disease that can be spread from elephant to human, human to human, and human to elephant.

Elephant Tuberculosis Danger
An outbreak of a human strain of tuberculosis (TB), called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is infecting and killing captive elephants in the United States. Since 1996, this highly contagious bacterial lung disease has been diagnosed in at least 18 elephants in circuses, including Ringling and Shrine circuses and several zoos. The number of elephants harboring TB is unknown. Six elephants have died and several elephant handlers have tested positive for the disease.

Elephantgate: PETA Sues Ringling Bros. CEO Kenneth Feld for Illegal Acts Aimed at Stopping Circus Campaign
Ringling Bros. and Feld Entertainment, which owns Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, have been waging an illegal dirty tricks campaign to try to discredit those who criticize the circus’s dismal treatment of animals. Now PETA is fighting back.

Former Ringling Circus Employee Speaks Out
Former Ringling Bros. Circus Employee Speaks Out in New Public Service Announcement

Giant ‘Chimpanzee’ Protests at Sundance Film Festival
A giant “chimpanzee,” along with activists, will demonstrate at the Sundance Film Festival to discourage the use of great apes in movies.

Give Your School Board a Lesson in Circus Cruelty
When Chicago parent Julie Ferguson chaperoned a classroom field trip to the Medinah Shrine Circus, the excitement turned to horror after the elephant act.

Help Get Chimpanzees Out of Orange Juice Commercials
The Florida Department of Citrus has launched a nationwide campaign promoting the health benefits of orange juice.

Help Get Great Apes out of Commercials
Several large corporations must have been sharing notes recently, as they’ve all begun using captive great apes like chimpanzees and orangutans in their advertising campaigns to promote everything from soft drinks to credit cards.

Help Polar Bears Suffering in Mexican Circus
This is the history of PETA’s victorious campaign to free seven polar bears from a tropical circus.