There was some BIG news this week -- literally -- as a circus elephant escaped from her pen and roamed the streets of a Montana city. The escape has garnered mixed reactions. While some said it was ...

The elephant reportedly got loose after being scared by a truck backfiring Butte, Montana had a surprise visitor this week. On April 16, videos on social media showed an elephant roaming the streets ...

An escaped circus elephant named Viola was seen weaving through traffic and striding across parking lots in Butte, Mont., on Tuesday, a getaway that was captured in several videos shared widely on ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A circus has agreed to pay a $16,000 fine to settle a federal complaint alleging animal-welfare violations involving Missouri and Pennsylvania shows where elephants were allowed to ...

An elephant escaped from a traveling circus and wandered through the streets of Butte, Montana, on Tuesday, stopping traffic, knocking over a fence, and defecating in someone’s yard. The elephant, ...

At a recent Wisconsin Historical Society board meeting in Madison, a protester from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) had a sign reading “Elephants beaten and chained for Circus World ...

Armando Loyal, of the Carson & Barnes Circus, rinses off the elephants Monday as part of the Pachyderms’ “Spa Treatment” on the grounds of the Willmar Civic Center, where the circus set up for a ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2015 file photo, four-year-old Asian elephant April rings bell during Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A circus has agreed to pay a $16,000 fine to settle a federal complaint involving elephant incidents at shows in Missouri and Pennsylvania. U.S. Department of Agriculture ...