Every now and again I learn of a formal move to make the lives of animals better, and none could be more needed and timely than a new pending bill that is geared to ban wild animals in traveling ...

Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian import and America’s most profitable circus, is animal-free but full of animalized human performers. Courtesy: Cirque du Soleil In 1917, the publication of a posthumous ...

Apr. 4—KINGSTON — Silvie Pomicter, President of Voice of the Animals, Tuesday said that animals forced to perform in circuses aren't trained to do confusing, uncomfortable, and even frightening tricks ...

EVANSVILLE — An Evansville Animal Care & Control inspection Wednesday offered one answer, at least, to persistent questions and controversy about the use of animals at the Hadi Shrine Circus. Two ...

As the audience are guided to their seats inside the big top, all the classic elements of the circus are there — except one. The live animals. Germany's Roncalli ...

Loomis Bros. Circus wrapped Huntsville shows, highlighting generational performers and sparking debate over animal care in ...

When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed down in May 2017, a victim of changing tastes and years of protests by animal-rights groups, The Greatest Show on Earth seemed like the ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson has signed a bill making Washington the twelfth state in the country to restrict the use of animals in traveling circuses, exhibits and other shows. Washington State ...

truly may be the greatest show on Earth. This year’s production, “Varekai,” actually sent shivers up my spine at one slack-jawed point. We walked out into the late-afternoon sunlight dazed with ...

This is Part Two in Romano vodi's series about the history of the circus, describing how the paths of both globetrotting (světský) and Romani families have converged and diverged in the Czech lands.

Protesters from ‘Voice of the Animals’ will be at the opening of the 72nd Shrine Circus on Monday, April 10, at the Kingston Armory. KINGSTON — Silvie Pomicter, President of Voice of the Animals, ...