POLK CITY, Fla. -- The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively that growing public ...

The animals were an iconic part of the circus. — -- They are an iconic part of any circus -– eliciting excited shrieks from wide-eyed children. But now, circus-goers will have to do without ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is ending its elephant acts a year and a half early, and will retire all of its touring elephants in May. The move comes amid ...

POLK CITY, Fla. (AP) – The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is ending its iconic elephant acts. The circus’ parent company, Feld Entertainment, says that the acts will be phased out by 2018, ...

PROVIDENCE, Ri. (CNN) – After years of giant tricks and synchronized dances, the elephants at Ringling Bros. will perform in one final act Sunday. The elephants’ last show will be in Providence, Rhode ...

POLK CITY, FLA. — Eleven elephants from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus finished their final voyage on Thursday, arriving at a 200-acre sanctuary in Central Florida that will serve as ...

After more than eight years of legal skirmishing, a trial is scheduled to open Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by animal welfare groups alleging Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus routinely abuses ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus says the "Greatest Show on Earth" will go on without elephants. Animal rights groups took credit for generating the public concern that forced the company ...

For the Greatest Show on Earth, there is no longer an elephant in the room. The 145-year-old Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus held its last show featuring elephants Sunday night, in a move ...