Circuses

Repairs needed at barn, home to circus hall of fame museum

January 17, 2022 GMT

PERU, Ind. (AP) — A historic barn that once housed elephants and tigers from well-known circuses and now is home to the International Circus Hall of Fame museum is in need of emergency repairs.

AP PHOTOS: German circus on hold as partial lockdown starts

November 2, 2020 GMT

France to ban use of wild animals in circuses, marine parks

Associated PressSeptember 29, 2020 GMT

PARIS (AP) — France's environment minister has announced a gradual ban on using wild animals in traveling circuses, on keeping dolphins and killer whales in captivity in marine parks and on raising mink on fur farms...

AP PHOTOS: Clowns suffer, adapt in Peru due to the pandemic

August 14, 2020 GMT

Abused circus animals arrive at South African sanctuary

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOMEJanuary 31, 2020 GMT

WINBURG, South Africa (AP) — Twelve tigers and five lions have been relocated to a sanctuary in South Africa after being rescued from circuses in Guatemala following years of abuse and confinement...

With push from PETA, animal crackers bust out of their cages

By DEE-ANN DURBINAugust 21, 2018 GMT

After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free.

Mondelez International, the parent company of Nabisco, has redesigned the packaging of its Barnum's Animals crackers in response to pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals...

Circus brings thrills to Florence

Andrew Boardwine aboardwine@florencenews.com ReporterFebruary 4, 2018 GMT

FLORENCE, S.C. — Pee Dee residents were treated to high-flying trapeze acrobatics, rides on exotic animals, and death-defying stunts at the Florence Center on Saturday.

The Royal Hanneford Circus, one of the world’s longest-running circuses, returned to Florence to perform shows on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

AP Exclusive: The final days of the Ringling Bros. circus

By MICHELLE R. SMITHMay 17, 2017 GMT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An elephant stretches its trunk through a window to soothe a sick child. A woman gives birth and three months later is back performing on the high wire...