Earlier this year, a circus bear attacked its trainer in front of screaming children after he forcefully made the animal perform. The roller-skating bear, a female called Dzhema, was being forced ...

“The animals are kept in a ‘beastwagon’, in cages similar in size to a dog run,” she says. “The beast wagon is attached to an outdoor pen but the big cats can only access this when the ...

The lions and tigers at Peter Jolly’s Circus, and other wild animals still being made to tour and perform with the last two circuses with such acts, need our urgent help.

The government's plan for a total ban on animals in travelling circuses in England "goes too far" and some - such as zebras, camels and snakes - should stay, MPs say.

"Circus animals are kept for most of the time in close confinement, in abnormal social groups, exposed to forced movement, human handling, noise, vibration, and cage motion.

The circus began on Tuesday on land owned by Cinderford Town Council and on Wednesday, it moves to land owned by the Lydney Trust. Caps spokesman Craig Redmond said: "We are not opposed to all ...

News Middleton Circus defends using animals as it arrives in Middleton Bosses at Circus Mondao say only horses and llamas perform in the show - but animal rights campaigners are calling for a boycott ...