Pomicter, spokesperson for "Voice of the Animals," an animal rights organization, said activists will be protesting the Shrine Circus at the Kingston Armory on Monday, April 10, from noon until 1 p.m.

Animal rights activists upset after circus elephant escapes; Others say it was 'exciting' Click here to view the PDF file. One social media user criticized PETA for its reaction to Tuesday’s escape.

The live animals have been replaced by holograms. Due to concerns over animal welfare, Germany’s Roncalli circus stopped using lions and elephants in its shows in 1991.

Animals in circuses are hauled across the country in poorly ventilated trailers and boxcars for up to 50 weeks a year in all kinds of extreme weather.

Animal Defenders International (ADI), based in California, is celebrating a number of successes for animals throughout 2013. 1. Colombia bans wild animals in circuses. In June, some six years after ...

Evansville animal control gave the Hadi Shrine Circus a permit to move forward as controversy around the circus' elephant act remains.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — More than 1,000 acrobats, clowns and other circus employees marched through downtown Mexico City on Tuesday to protest a new ban on animals in circuses. There can be no lions ...

When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed down in May 2017, a victim of changing tastes and years of protests by animal-rights groups, The Greatest Show on Earth seemed like the ...

Protests are planned of the Loomis Bro. Circus at NC State Fairgrounds. One resident wants Raleigh to ban elephants in traveling circuses.

The Jack London Club objected to not only the mistreatment of animals but training them for entertainment rather than allowing them to live apart from humanity in the wild. This would have far ...

On a Mission to Rescue Circus Animals in Peru: Part 1 Tim Phillips and Jan Creamer are part of a national operation to enforce a new ban on wild animal acts.

Ten circus animals were rescued after a semi-truck transporting their trailer caught fire on an Indiana highway, authorities said.