Imagine driving down the road when suddenly you see an elephant coming at you. That was reality for residents in Butte, Montana on Tuesday, April 16th. The circus was in town, and an elephant escaped, ...

An elephant recently surprised those on a Montana road after running away from a nearby circus. It has now come to light that it is the third time this female pachyderm has fled its circumstances.

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The golden age of the circus is long past, and gone are the days when bombastic advertisements would draw thousands of clamoring fans eager to see the exotic spectacles they promised. While that may ...

Both Asian and African elephant species are either endangered or critically endangered, with fewer than half a million of them left in the wild — a staggering and sobering statistic. Thankfully, a ...

There was some BIG news this week -- literally -- as a circus elephant escaped from her pen and roamed the streets of a Montana city. The escape has garnered mixed reactions. While some said it was ...

OAKLAND (BCN)—Two days before the Ringling Brothers Circus begins a series of shows in Oakland, two City Council members and animal rights activists said today that they’re glad the circus has decided ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Animal advocates with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) demonstrated outside the El Paso County Coliseum to protest the Carden International Circus, which ...

At high noon today, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) protesters will rally outside Reliant Stadium to speak out against what it says is bad treatment of elephants by Ringling Bros.