Animal rights activists making a difference when it comes to abuse of exotic circus animals Derek Spalding · CBC News · Posted: May 01, 2016 10:36 AM PDT | Last Updated: May 2, 2016 ...

TORONTO — A California-based animal rights group is urging Canadian and American officials to deny a permit for the export of a U.S. circus elephant to a southern Ontario zoo.

Lucy has been alone since the zoo sent away her companion of 18 years, an elephant named Samantha, in 2007. As for Shelly and Marie, the pair of 48-year-olds have been returned to the circus ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - An African elephant has killed a zookeeper caring for her at the New Zealand zoo where the animal was retired after performing in circuses for decades.

TORONTO - A California-based animal rights group is urging Canadian and American officials to deny a permit for the export of a U.S. circus elephant to a southern Ontario zoo.

The circus is known for dressing bears in human clothes - with some wearing tutus - and 'prides itself on humane training of the animals'. The Harlequin Travelling Circus later denied there had ...

The circus is coming to Charlottetown on Thursday, but animal acts won't be part of it. The Animal Welfare Act, passed last year by the P.E.I. government, says circuses must apply for a licence ...

The zoo said the lions were rescued from a life of suffering and endured years of hardship before arriving at the specially designed habitat, where they could ‘live free from their past trauma’.

According to local media reports, Guangzhou Zoo said its contract with the circus company ended on Aug 31, after which it required the company to withdraw its troupe, animals and equipment from ...

Captured in Hwange, Zimbabwe, 44 years ago, he was trained for the Boswell Wilkie Circus before being moved to various parks and eventually to the Pretoria Zoo in 2001.

The decision to close a 24-year-old circus in Guangzhou Zoo in south China's Guangdong Province has stirred controversy. Guangzhou Zoo has closed the circus show since Sept. 1, and the area will ...