A lawsuit claiming systematic abuse and exploitation of elephants by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was dismissed Friday by a federal appeals court.
"I love Taylor, and I know she's going through a hard time right now," Richards tells PEOPLE
"I love you," says the voice on the phone. We were just about to hang up. "Love you, too," I chirp back without missing a beat.
Are circus elephants abused? Or are the elephants under the big top healthy and thriving in a caring environment?
An enormous Asian elephant stepped out from behind a big red curtain at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Atlanta, Georgia.
When the circus came to Atlanta, some visually impaired children got a very special lesson.
Fred Graham covers a lawsuit against Ringling Brothers Circus for alleged animal abuse against elephants.
A federal judge began hearing a lawsuit alleging the abuse of circus elephants, including the use of heavy chains, tethers and sharp tools called bullhooks.
They could probably smell him coming for miles.
When Sid Savara, a 28-year-old software developer from Honolulu, struck up a conversation with a cute girl in a Los Angeles ice cream shop three years ago, he was excited to learn that she, too, admired the musician Beck.
The discovery of a single-horned deer in an Italian preserve resurrects humankind's fascination with the unicorn
The legal concept of the Public Nuisance has for long been recognized throughout all the civilized countries of the world. Basically, and unadorned by the tortured language of the legal profession, a public nuisance is one who uses property to annoy or damage an individual or the general public. Occasionally the annoyance or damage is sufficiently grievous for the public nuisance to suffer some sort of penalty.
Spanky, a clown with the renowned Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, has been arrested on charges stemming from a child pornography investigation, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
A circus performer working without a net died Saturday after falling about 35 feet during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus show, while hundreds of children and parents watched in horror.
The first drawing I ever did was of an elephant. I was 3 years old. My mother still has it. The college that I attended gave a diploma in animal care. We would go out to the wildlife park and spend...
Who needs a scary movie to send chills up the spine? Meet Guy Tell, a mustachioed archer who performs in P.T. Barnum's Kaleidoscape, an upscale one-ring circus that's the latest creation from the p...
If you have a predilection for fedoras, wingtips, cigars, and horseracing, you are probably as enamored of our red-blooded past as I am. If so, permit me to draw your attention to yet another piece...
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Aside from their end-of-the-day drinkathons when they can -- and often do -- let down their reserve, Japan's dedicated blue-suited managers tend to be as stiff as planks. To loosen them up, Ringlin...