A lifelong circus performer who started off as a ballerina ... As her family traveled from state to state, Carden developed her talent for training animals. She began with a pony that her father ...

Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian import and America’s most profitable circus, is animal-free ... objected to not only the mistreatment of animals but training them for entertainment rather than ...

As the audience are guided to their seats inside the big top, all the classic elements of the circus are there – except one. The live animals have been replaced by holograms. Because of concerns ...

During a circus performance in Shanghai in 1927, a writer stepped into a cage to interview a legendary animal trainer from India. They had five tigers and four leopards for company. This was an ...

Lakshmanan's journey from a young circus enthusiast to a seasoned trainer bore witness to rise and fall of the circus ...

Many circus animals (and for that matter ... makes it difficult to argue that there is something artificial about training a tiger, but not about training a cat. Elephants, for example, have ...

“Most circuses now feature an all-human cast, removing the need to keep animals confined for long periods, transport them around the country and use hidden training methods to make them perform ...

Once upon a time, a trip to the circus was a cherished family tradition, a magical escape from everyday life. But times have changed dramatically. Animal rights protests have cast a shadow over ...

For most of its 146-year run, from 1871 to 2017, animals pretty much defined the circus, but their use became increasingly unpopular in recent years. When my high school’s physics class took a ...

Gregory Popovich loves animals and he loves theater. At the age of 12, Popovich was a fourth-generation professional circus performer, traveling with the Moscow Circus and Ringling Brothers in Kyiv, ...

While animal rights activists were waging war on the McLaren Circus, the festive spectacle reaped the rewards of its well-attended performances last weekend in Barberton, Mpumalanga.