CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After a lengthy debate Monday night, the Charlotte City Council deferred a decision that impacts circuses that perform in the city limits. The council has been considering a ban on ...

Elephants have long been iconic symbols of circuses, but circuses visiting Los Angeles may have to cross the majestic animals off their list of attractions. Elephants have been iconic symbols of ...

Before Lorri Galloway was termed out as an Anaheim City Council member, she proposed and then withdrew a ban on performing animals in the city, which would have essentially ended the yearly Ringling ...

PETA member Shari Pearson sports a jail-like minidress in effort to appeal to crowd, stand strong against circus. In the days just before America’s own independence celebration, cries of freedom for ...

Two days before the Ringling Brothers Circus begins a series of shows in Oakland, two City Council members and animal rights activists said Wednesday that they're glad the circus has decided to stop ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban bullhooks — the spike-tipped pokers used to train and control elephants. City News Service says the council's vote on Wednesday also ...

Amid community concern about its treatment of exotic animals, this year’s Jordan World Circus performance at Salt Lake County’s Equestrian Center will feature dogs, pigeons, ponies and a domesticated ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and others seek permission for three former circus employees to join in their federal lawsuit against Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus under ...

After more than eight years of legal skirmishing, a trial is set to open Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by animal welfare groups alleging that Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus routinely ...