Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian import and America’s most profitable circus, is animal-free but full of animalized human performers. Courtesy: Cirque du Soleil In 1917, the publication of a posthumous ...

CHICAGO -- Federal authorities have charged a circus animal training facility in northern Illinois with violating the Animal Welfare Act. John Cuneo said he will fight the allegations by the U.S.

Two law enforcement officers were treated for smoke inhalation after rescuing five zebras, four camels and a miniature horse when their transport vehicle caught fire Jan. 27 on Interstate 69. The ...

Performing animals are beaten, whipped, jabbed, or shocked with an electric prod to force them to perform unnatural and often confusing tricks. Wild and exotic animals used in traveling shows and ...