Since the 1970s, scores have been hurt or killed by circus animals. After decades of advocacy efforts, Ringling Bros. retired all of its elephants in 2016 before going on hiatus the following year.

Assembling a humans-only circus for 2023 involved a long journey for both Ringling and the animal-advocacy movement. Some circuses have never used animals, from Cirque du Soleil to regional acts ...

Why All of America's Circus Animals Could Soon be Free. After 146 years Ringling circus is putting on its final show. Lawmakers may unite to take all traveling exotic animals off the road.

Circuses don’t need caged animals for entertainment October 4, 2023 A Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey clown does a somersault at a Jan. 14, 2017, performance in Orlando.

The circus has two elderly elephants, Viola and Isa. Humane World for Animals suspects they’re both in their late 50s, and suffering from joint and mobility issues, according to a press release ...

A PACK of veterinarians clambered over hefty metal crates, loading them one by one onto a fleet of semi-trucks.

The circus has two elderly elephants, Viola and Isa. Humane World for Animals suspects they’re both in their late 50s, and suffering from joint and mobility issues, according to a press release ...

The circus has two elderly elephants, Viola and Isa. Humane World for Animals suspects they’re both in their late 50s, and suffering from joint and mobility issues, according to a press release ...

The circus has two elderly elephants, Viola and Isa. Humane World for Animals suspects they’re both in their late 50s, and suffering from joint and mobility issues, according to a press release ...