Vegan, writer, editor, actor, flutist, animal lover. The Culpepper & Merriweather Circus still advertises its usage of animals in their acts, and the group travels for more than 30 weeks per year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The future of circuses and dolphin parks could be decided by the so called "animals in entertainment" inquiry just announced by ...

Animal rights activists are protesting the arrival of the Stardust Circus in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales this week. The circus, which prides itself on being the largest animal circus in the country ...

It is not often that you get to lie around and cuddle some of nature's most magnificent and powerful beasts. But that is everyday life for Matthew Ezekial, the long-time lion trainer with the Stardust ...

The debate over the use of circus animals has resurfaced, with two veteran circus performers blowing the lid on what they describe as the disgraceful animal welfare practices of one show. As the RSPCA ...

Wild animals are no longer allowed to perform in circuses across Spain. Circuses had extra time to make the change, but that ...

Since its inception in the 18th century, the circus industry has used animals, confining and training them to entertain humans. Yet as more research reveals the abuses of the industry, public opinion ...

But the flash race cars and elite professionals who drive them aren’t the only drawcards to the area this weekend. The controversial Stardust Circus has also rolled into town, with acrobats, clowns ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Animals have played a starring role in circuses for many years. Back in the old days, thousands ...

The Jack London Club objected to not only the mistreatment of animals but training them for entertainment rather than ...