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 ...
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 ...
BUTTE, Mont. — The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana, leading the pachyderm to break through a fence and take a brief walk ...
The iconic elephants of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will parade into a Rhode Island arena for their final performance Sunday, ending a classic feature of "The Greatest Show on Earth" ...
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 ...
The Pope held an audience with a troupe of African circus performers in the Vatican on Wednesday. The 88-year-old watched from a chair as acrobats, robot-operated puppet elephants, jugglers and ...
The golden age of the circus is long past, and gone are the days when bombastic advertisements would draw thousands of clamoring fans eager to see the exotic spectacles they promised. While that may ...
Puppeted animals, a traveling circus and forbidden love, make up the show “Water for Elephants” at Century II.  The story is ...
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - A circus out of Las Vegas is on its 30-week tour and has made its way to East Texas. The Jordan World Circus started in Las Vegas in 1986, bringing entertainment to ...