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 ...

Old-school circuses are so out of style. Who wants to fight through crowds of animal rights protesters only to see a gaggle of abused animals trotting around in tutus while creepy clowns in unwashed ...

A group of protesters plans to gather during the four-day run of the Shrine Circus. The protest is organized by the administrators of a Facebook page called “Be Their Voice — Protest Animal Cruelty.” ...

Fariss, of Roanoke, is a piano teacher and a retired registered nurse. I read the long article by Lerone Graham, "Even on a snowy day, the show must go on" (Jan. 31), elaborating on the trouble some ...

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' ...

Your reporter could have done a much better job on Monday's front page article about the circus. First, the Jordan World Circus is hardly "international," even if they hire foreign employees. They are ...