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 elephant acts that have been part of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shows for more than a century will end in May, earlier than their previously announced retirement, the circus' parent ...

In this Jan. 3, 2015 photo provided by Feld Entertainment Inc., elephants perform at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Elephants performed for the last time at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on Sunday, as the show closed its own chapter on a controversial practice that has ...

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From Orcas to Elephants, PETA Foundation's Landmark Litigation Leads to Banner Year The legal team behind the controversial animal-rights activist group has a year of stunning successes including ...

The animals were an iconic part of the circus. — -- They are an iconic part of any circus -– eliciting excited shrieks from wide-eyed children. But now, circus-goers will have to do without ...

Though the modern show trades elephants for LED screens, Sarasota’s imprint on Ringling Bros. endures ... small reminders that the world’s most famous circus didn’t just pass through the Gulf Coast; ...

When Wesley Williams begins pedaling the world’s tallest ridable unicycle — it’s over 34 feet high, weighs more than 120 pounds and has just a single 20-inch wheel — he really has to commit. “You ...

Ca' d'Zan cost $27 million in today's money to build. The home features 400 pieces from Vanderbilt estates and a full room from the Astor House. The Ringling Brothers circus once brought elephants, ...

Although only 5-years-old, I was excited to hear in July 1956, “The Greatest Show on Earth,” the famous Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, was coming to our town. Hopefully, since we lived just ...