AP - After more than eight years of legal skirmishing, a trial is scheduled to open Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by animal welfare groups alleging that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ...

POLK CITY, Fla. -- The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively that growing public ...

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) settled a protracted case related to elephant abuse with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey today, agreeing to pay the circus' ...

This is the moment animal activists have all been waiting for: One of the biggest stars of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is going on trial for allegedly abusing an elephant with a ...

In lengthy litigation over the treatment of performing animals, the real circus was in the courtroom. Lawyers for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey wrestled for 14 years with attorneys representing ...

The NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills is hosting a circus event that's been accused of animal cruelty: The Moslah Shrine Circus, which has faced criticism and protests from animal welfare ...