In 1916, Mary, a five-ton Asian elephant with the Sparks World Famous Shows circus, was sentenced to death by hanging in the small town of Erwin, Tennessee. Her crime? The fatal trampling of her ...

Circus staff in Yekaterinburg, Russia, now no longer have to guess whether their feisty elephants Karla and Ranni are happy in their home because they just proved that they are definitely not.

“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 ...

An Asian elephant who spent much of her life performing in a circus before she was given a chance to retire, she became the first elephant to call the sanctuary home. Founders Carol Buckley and ...

Recently, Peta informed the group that Carson & Barnes Circus in Kissimmee, Florida was using those sound recordings in conjunction with performances including elephants. B-52s’ Kate Pierson, Fred ...

Duma, an African male elephant, was born in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe in 1982. He was captured and sent to South Africa’s Brian Boswell Circus in 1984 before being transferred to the ...