Guests can pay to ride the elephants before and during intermission of the Moolah Shrine Circus at the Family Arena in St. Charles. The circus runs October 7th through the 10th. Photos by Laurie ...

FARGO — With a delightful array of entertainment at the El Zagal Shrine Circus at the Fargodome on Friday, April 4, the audience enjoyed camel, horse and elephant riding, aerial acrobatics, ...

BUTTE, Mont. — On Thursday, the Butte Civic Center board of directors met for the first time since the great elephant escape a few weeks ago. Just before noon on April 16, a few hours before the ...

As travelers' awareness about the cruel, inhumane conditions that the animals suffer to supply elephant-riding experiences and circus-style shows, unethical operators throughout Asia are now offering ...

The things I remember about going to the circus as a child are limited, but they are awesome. I distinctly recall riding an elephant — though my parents do not — and only recently have I accepted the ...

KINGSTON — Representatives of PETA and Voice of the Animals will have one clear message for organizers and patrons of this week’s Irem Shrine Circus — “This Place Hurts Animals — Don’t Go In!” That’s ...

They'd spent the last two and a half years traveling 36,000 miles on a 64-car train, performing 900 times in over 80 cities for the world-renowned Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus.

Both Asian and African elephant species are either endangered or critically endangered, with fewer than half a million of them left in the wild — a staggering and sobering statistic. Thankfully, a ...

Imagine driving down the road when suddenly you see an elephant coming at you. That was reality for residents in Butte, Montana on Tuesday, April 16th. The circus was in town, and an elephant escaped, ...