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U.S.This Is What Happens to Elephants After They Retire The elephants that have long entertained Ringling Bros. circus crowds will be out of a job this May—but they won’t be out of a home. After the elephants retire this May, as part of a

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LightBox This Clown Takes You Behind the Scenes at the World's Best Circuses “Once the curtain opens, the show begins. The audience laughs, is amazed, some are beginning to cry. The emotions are noticeable. They are triggered by the gestures and movements of a man with

U.S.Know Right Now: Ringling Bros Circuses Drop Elephant Acts Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced Thursday it would eliminate its iconic elephant acts by 2018. Watch today’s #KnowRightNow, and click here for more on

Barnum's Elephant

History The History Behind Ringling Bros.'s Elephant-Sized Decision After a few years of growing cultural unease with elephant captivity, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey announced on Thursday that their shows would, by 2018, no longer include elephant acts.

A tiger jumps through a ring of fire during a performance of the Fuentes Gasca Brothers Circus in Mexico City, June 22, 2014.

World Mexican Government Votes to Ban Circus Animals The Mexican legislature has passed a bill to ban the use of animals in circus performances, and to make those animals available to zoos. Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto hasn't said whether he'll sign the bill into law

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1949.

LIFE LIFE at the Circus: Behind the Scenes With Ringling Brothers, 1949 Photographs chronicling the lives lived behind the scenes at the Ringling Brothers circus extravaganza in the late 1940s.

A member of the show "Corteo" by Canada's Cirque Du Soleil performs during a dress rehearsal in Valencia June 15, 2011.

Entertainment 30 Years of Cirque du Soleil's Best Photos The best collection of photos from the "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment" as the beloved act turns 30.

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U.S.Hunt Continues for Lost Plane, Circus Catastrophe and NBA Playoffs Leading off today is the news, or lack thereof, on the missing Malaysian Airlines flight. The hunt continues as the search area widens. Then, the shocking cellphone footage of a circus accident that

APTOPIX Circus Accident

U.S.Circus Accident Caused by Snapped Clamp, Official Says Authorities have determined a snapped clamp caused eight arial hair-hanging performers to plummet to the ground Sunday in a Rhode Island circus accident. “We have identified a clamp that

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U.S.Know Right Now: Ringling Bros Circuses Drop Elephant Acts Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced Thursday it would eliminate its iconic elephant acts by 2018. Watch today’s #KnowRightNow, and click here for more on

Barnum's Elephant

History The History Behind Ringling Bros.'s Elephant-Sized Decision After a few years of growing cultural unease with elephant captivity, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey announced on Thursday that their shows would, by 2018, no longer include elephant acts.

A tiger jumps through a ring of fire during a performance of the Fuentes Gasca Brothers Circus in Mexico City, June 22, 2014.

World Mexican Government Votes to Ban Circus Animals The Mexican legislature has passed a bill to ban the use of animals in circus performances, and to make those animals available to zoos. Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto hasn't said whether he'll sign the bill into law

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1949.

LIFE LIFE at the Circus: Behind the Scenes With Ringling Brothers, 1949 Photographs chronicling the lives lived behind the scenes at the Ringling Brothers circus extravaganza in the late 1940s.

A member of the show "Corteo" by Canada's Cirque Du Soleil performs during a dress rehearsal in Valencia June 15, 2011.

Entertainment 30 Years of Cirque du Soleil's Best Photos The best collection of photos from the "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment" as the beloved act turns 30.

Clippers fans

U.S.Hunt Continues for Lost Plane, Circus Catastrophe and NBA Playoffs Leading off today is the news, or lack thereof, on the missing Malaysian Airlines flight. The hunt continues as the search area widens. Then, the shocking cellphone footage of a circus accident that

APTOPIX Circus Accident

U.S.Circus Accident Caused by Snapped Clamp, Official Says Authorities have determined a snapped clamp caused eight arial hair-hanging performers to plummet to the ground Sunday in a Rhode Island circus accident. “We have identified a clamp that

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