“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 ...

In May 2017, embattled show owner Kenneth Feld closed the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus forever. A handful of shows still contain exotic animals, most notably the highly popular ...

A lightning bolt struck the main tent pole, instantaneously killing two, gravely injuring another and knocking unconscious at ...

Ringling Bros. and its parent company Feld Entertainment had no choice. Following years of protests from animal rights groups and charges of animal cruelty, the circus officially retired its last ...

The legendary circus is completing its three-year tour in Baltimore later this weekend. Before that, however, they made a ...

Jan Damm performs as Nick Nack in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus show ... "We don't have live animals in the show anymore, so we also wanted to just have that non-human element ...

1887 — The official Ringling touring show becomes the “Ringling Bros. United Monster Shows, Great Double Circus, Royal European Menagerie, Museum, Caravan, and Congress of Trained Animals.” ...

In May 2017, embattled show owner Kenneth Feld closed the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus forever. A handful of shows still contain exotic animals, most notably the highly popular ...