For the first time since the Ringling Bros. brought their circus to Baraboo in the late 1800s, elephants won't be returning to the city as Circus World prepares to open their summer performance season ...

A circus elephant named Viola gave the performance of her life on Tuesday – a grand disappearing act. The mammoth animal was scheduled to appear on stage at Jordan World Circus in Butte, Montana, but ...

Tickets for "Water for Elephants" can be bought now at the PPAC box office window, by visiting https://ppac.evenue.net/events ...

The Broadway musical "Water for Elephants" is coming to the Providence Performing Arts Center. Based on the novel by Sarah ...

After years of protests from the Humane Society and other animal activists, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus are retiring their elephants. According to the Associated Press, the gentle giants ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus announced Saturday it would be shutting down its "greatest show on Earth" later on this year after 146 years of operation. This will come as no great ...

When circuses starting making their way to Dayton in the 1800s, they quickly became a major spectacle. We went back into the archives to see what the circuses were like throughout history and the ...

BUTTE, Mont. — The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana, leading the pachyderm to break through a fence and take a brief walk ...

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