As the elephant passes vehicles on the street, trunk and tail swinging, a bystander in the video says, “Only in Butte. A circus elephant got loose.” Local media reported that the elephant ...

“The elephants I grew to know and love at the circus were beaten daily with sharp bull hooks and chained like prisoners for hours on end.” —Tom Rider, former Ringling Bros. employee After nearly nine ...

Get an inside look into The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, the nation’s largest elephant sanctuary which cares for ...

Mumbai: The last elephant housed at the city zoo, Anarkali, passed away on Nov 10, leaving the zoo without any elephants.

The skeleton of Maharajah, an Asian elephant bought from a circus by Belle Vue Zoo in 1872, has gone on display on the concourse of Manchester Piccadilly. The pachyderm and its trainer had to make ...

These were where there was no direct interaction with people: no rides; no washing of the elephants; no circus tricks. World Animal Protection A wild elephant would never normally let a human ride ...

In September of 1885, the Barnum and Bailey Circus arrived in St. Thomas, Ontario. After the show, Jumbo and a small elephant called Tom Thumb were being loaded into a circus boxcar when an ...

Indeed, at its best, “Water for Elephants” has more in common with the circus arts than it does with by-the-books Broadway. Sure, it features an eventful story and compelling characters ...