POLK CITY, Fla. -- The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively that growing public ...

Tusko weighed about 40 times what a human does. But rather than multiply the normal human dose of LSD by 40, West multiplied ...

An elephant made to perform circus tricks has suffered a nasty fall – and narrowly avoided landing in the audience. The huge animal, which was made to climb steps, tumbled from a platform as it was ...

In 1916, a circus arrived in East Tennessee with Mary the elephant at the front of its attractions. Crowds gathered to watch her move through town, unaware of how quickly things would take a violent ...

Alice in Chains has a song called "Rooster," but now the band is being asked to support a different kind of animal.PETA has ...

HOHENWALD, Tenn. (WSMV) - One of the oldest living elephants at Tennessee’s Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald died at the age of 59. Minnie, who was part of the sanctuary’s herd for nearly 20 years, was ...

BUTTE, Montana -- This is not something you see every day. Video captured an elephant walking through the streets of Butte, Montana. It escaped from a traveling circus. The elephant, reportedly a ...

Lakshmi, a 32-year old female elephant, arrived from Karnataka’s Tumkur district after a 500-kilometre journey to lead the annual Bibi ka Alam procession in Telangana. Mounted with a bejewelled plaque ...

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After exhibiting signs of kidney failure, the sanctuary said the former circus elephant was humanely euthanized on Sunday, ...