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We went to opening night of the new Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to find out.
After a 6-year hiatus, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus is returning in a revived show that no longer features animal acts. (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News; Photos: Getty Images ...
Wild animals had been a feature of travelling circuses in the United Kingdom since the birth of the modern circus. [1] Wild animals were hunted and captured in the colonies on an increasing scale in the second half of the nineteenth century with high mortality rates for the animals [1] Some researchers have concluded that the species of non-domesticated animals commonly kept in circuses appear ...
Washington lawmakers are looking to pass a bill that would prohibit using big cats, bears and other wild animals in traveling circus acts in the state. Senate Bill 5065 would ban animals like ...
Animal rights groups have documented many cases of animal cruelty in the training of performing circus animals. [50] [51] The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) contends that animals in circuses are frequently beaten into submission and that physical abuse has always been the method for training circus ...
Circus Vargas 2016. Circus Vargas is an American traveling circus based in California. It was built with the intent of bringing an old time circus to everyone; it is billed as one of the world's biggest traveling circuses still using a big top tent. The circus produces a circus show throughout the western United States.
Prior to the eviction, the circus employed about a dozen performers and owned nine animals. The use of animals in the Hannefords' circus acts at the Swap Shop attracted the attention of animal rights activists, including the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF), which had long accused the circus of animal cruelty.
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is bringing back "The Greatest Show on Earth" next year, but the showrunners confirmed on TODAY Wednesday that animals will not be returning.