Portugal's final circus elephant is no longer in the ring: after 40 years of performances, Julie, an African elephant captured as a calf in the late 1980s, has been moved into retirement and into a ...

The last circus elephant in Portugal was released into the country's first dedicated sanctuary after 40 years of performing. Julie, an African elephant, was transported from her old home at the circus ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Animal advocates with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) demonstrated outside the El Paso County Coliseum to protest the Carden International Circus, which ...

PENDLETON, S.C. (WSPA) — Animal rights protesters gathered outside an arena in Pendleton on Monday to protest the use of an elephant in a traveling circus. The protest, organized by PETA, is urging ...

A handful of protestors rallied outside the El Paso County Coliseum, where the Carden Circus is taking place, with half a dozen shows scheduled through the weekend. Some of the protestors on Thursday ...

A 2015 documentary, “Tyke Elephant Outlaw,” revisited the incident, which became a touchstone for animal rights advocates worldwide ...

While telling me about the three-day extravaganza called the Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival that is taking place this weekend on the West Side, Amancay Kugler remembered her first circus.