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 ...

The elephants can wander around their new habitat and don't have to come back to their barn unless they want to. The 12 female elephants range from age 8 to 38. Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein ...

Although she's no longer headlining shows at Circus World, Viola and her co-star Kelly and still under contract to perform ...

This weekend's last show on earth for "The Greatest Show on Earth" has been in the making for 22 years, since a series of I-Team reports questioned whether elephants at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & ...

When they were “retired” from performing at Circus World last August, the Asian elephants Viola and Kelly were to head to a sanctuary in Oklahoma where Circus World executive director Scott O’Donnell ...

After years of entertaining fans under the big top -- and a few years in retirement -- in Central Florida, a herd of former circus elephants is settling into their new home at a wildlife refuge. The ...