“The elephants I grew to know and love at the circus were beaten daily with sharp bull hooks and chained like prisoners for hours on end.” —Tom Rider, former Ringling Bros. employee After nearly nine ...

In May 2017, embattled show owner Kenneth Feld closed the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus forever. A handful of shows still contain exotic animals, most notably the highly popular ...

Read full article: 🎪 ‘Circus spirit’ without animals, ringmaster at new Ringling show The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed its curtain in 2017 after animals were phased out ...

Vargas was born between two Ringling Bros. shows in Madison ... Years of protests by animal rights groups are among the things that took their toll on the circus in recent years, along with ...

1887 — The official Ringling touring show becomes the “Ringling Bros. United Monster Shows, Great Double Circus, Royal European Menagerie, Museum, Caravan, and Congress of Trained Animals.” ...

Animal rights protesters sometimes show ... life in America but realized that getting into the cast of the Ringling Bros. circus was joining the big leagues. Tim Holst, a Feld Entertainment ...

The Ringling Brothers Circus has a special connection ... In those early days, the circus animals were brought to town by ...

The odds of landing a coveted spot on the Ringling Bros. Circus’ elite traveling clown corps might be slightly higher than winning the lottery. But not by a whole lot. More than 4,000 clown ...

a sixth-generation circus performer, told the BBC earlier this month. Vargas, 26, whose family is originally from Mexico, was born in between Sunday performances. But animal rights campaigners - who ...