Thanks to the Richmond City Council and the city’s compassionate residents, soon elephants will no longer be subjected to abuse and deprivation as part of circus performances.
PETA wants authorities to investigate whether circus’ failure to provide adequate veterinary care to long-suffering elephant led to death.
Pop the champagne corks: Another city comes down in favor of animals and against big-top bullies.
Circus management agreed to relinquish 18 animals immediately for rehabilitation and to become an animal-free, human-only circus.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has approved a ban on all performances by wild and exotic animals.
of elephants, birds, dogs, and other animals are rescued from two Indian circuses after the government withdraws their licenses.
Two decades after an elephant named Tyke was gunned down in Hawaii, a new documentary shows how far we’ve come and where we’re going regarding captive elephants.
Lost fingertips, chewed-off body parts, and fights to the death are all just part of another day for animals at these sleazy roadside zoos.
Do bodypainted ladies standing outside get attention? You bet they do.
Ringling agrees to pull elephants from performing by 2018, but why wait so long?
Lonely elephants, insane bears, and dejected dogs receive help from PETA.
Those nearing Brooklyn’s Barclays Center likely did a pirouette as a troupe of tiny ballerinas led more than 100 animal advocates in a protest against Ringling.
A whistleblower reported that a handler with the circus forced an apparently fearful elephant to leave the stage by inserting a bullhook into the animal’s mouth.
Mexico becomes the latest country to ban circuses that use animals.
Carson & Barnes Circus is cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture after an emaciated pygmy hippopotamus named Katie was found dead.