For the first time since the Ringling Bros. brought their circus to Baraboo in the late 1800s, elephants won't be returning to the city as Circus World prepares to open their summer performance season ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ST. CHARLES — At the Moolah Shrine Circus, daredevils defy danger, motorcycles spin and flip, and middle-aged men zoom around in ...

The Moolah Shrine Circus in Missouri said it will retire its performing elephants and that they will now "roam the land." The circus, which operates in St Louis, said in a statement that the decision ...

The decision to retire the elephants has been five years in the making, the circus said in its announcement. Over the years, it has retired other animal performers, including its lions, tigers and ...

When Kelly and Viola burst through the red curtains at Circus World at the end of the summer, it will mark the end of an era. The two elephants, performers at the Big Top in Baraboo, Wis., are ...

Baraboo, Wis. (WKOW) — Circus World kicks off its season on Friday, and it’s the last one with the elephants as performers. The elephants have been a staple in the Baraboo community since the late ...

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

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.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — A luxurious dust bath along with a satisfying butt scratch against a stone barn wall, and Myrtle was ready to mosey into the forest nearby to forage for a morning snack or indulge ...

For about two decades, elephants that performed with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus were sent to a reserve in Central Florida when they became too old to balance on two legs and parade ...

Thirty-five members of the largest Asian elephant herd in the western hemisphere are being shipped to a lush new habitat at Florida's White Oak Conservation Center — a far cry from the days of forced ...