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 ...

(Tribune News Service) — Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus recently kicked off a new nationwide tour following a six-year hiatus. But for the first time in the show’s century-and-a-half ...

Wild animals including reindeer, zebras and camels will be banned from use in travelling circuses from next year, in a move praised by campaigners. Circus operators in England will no longer be ...

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 ...

Two law enforcement officers were treated for smoke inhalation after rescuing five zebras, four camels and a miniature horse when their transport vehicle caught fire Jan. 27 on Interstate 69. The ...

ST. LOUIS -- Wild animal shows, like one that will be touring Missouri later this summer, are at the heart of a battle with animal activists who want the shows abolished, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ...

It's common knowledge you should never attempt to hug a wild animal. This holds true for any animal in captivity at a zoo or at an animal sanctuary. WHY friend shaped if not friend? She's ridiculously ...

A semi-truck hauling circus animals erupted in flames on an Indiana highway early Saturday morning — setting free camels, zebras and a horse to run wild along the pavement. Troopers scrambled to catch ...