IPSWICH City Council is a step away from being the first council in Queensland to ban circuses with exotic animals from operating on council land. A motion was put to a council committee meeting on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the middle of her bath, Viola heard a truck backfire and got scared. The 10,000-pound Asian elephant took off from her circus ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The owner of an Edgewater traveling circus that bills itself online as a sideshow attraction was arrested after exotic animals ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the New Jersey Assembly Monday for passing Nosey’s Law (S1093), which would ban the use of wild and exotic animals for entertainment in ...

The owner of a small, traveling circus-style sideshow in Florida has been arrested after several animals were found locked in ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the introduction today of the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA) in the US Senate. Sponsored by Senator ...

NEW YORK (AP) — If some New York City officials and animal advocates prevail, there'll be no more tigers, lions, leopards, monkeys, zebras or even sloths whenever "The Greatest Show on Earth" comes to ...

A state trooper happened upon an unreal site when he spotted a semi-truck filled with circus animals engulfed in flames ... with multiple agencies responding to help extinguish the flames and rescue ...

AP on WikimediaFor generations, traveling circuses were among America's favorite forms of entertainment, bringing talented ...

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