Minneapolis' attempt to protect circus animals may run them out of town. A new ordinance would allow elephants in circuses, but kids would no longer be able to ride or touch them. If that happens, the ...

Proposed new rules for elephant rides could force Florida operators to pack their trunks, said the owner of Elephant Walk, who has saddled pachyderms for 50 years. “It will impose needless, heavy ...

A circus touting elephant rides and other performances no longer allowed in New Jersey is being called out by the state attorney general’s office, four days before the first of 11 scheduled shows in ...

There’s a move in the Iowa Senate to change the definition of a circus. Last year, the elephant rides at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport were cancelled. It’s against the law. The bill would ...

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 ...

Some stay for a night. Some stay for a week. Some never leave.

LAWRENCE COUNTY, AL (WAFF) - A Lawrence County judge has paved the way for a former circus elephant to remain at a sanctuary in Tennessee after she was seized from her owners over concerns that the ...

About a block into her amble up St. Francois Street in Florissant Thursday, Viola decided she'd had enough. Turning around in the middle of a procession of onlookers and police cars with flashing ...

Crownsville breaks its medieval spell on Sunday, returning from “Game of Thrones”-esque fantasy to regular Maryland soil. This year’s Maryland Renaissance Festival featured a new jousting performance ...