Circus

The incident came just two days after the tragic death of another zookeeper in eastern China who was mauled to death by a Siberian tiger.

As the handler approaches the side of the ring, one of the lions pounces and latches on to the handler's leg, bringing him to the ground.

Jackie Louise Armstrong fell as she was performing her aerial act in the Zippos Circus Christmas show at the Winter Wonderland attraction in London's Hyde Park..

The new law bans the sale and manufacturing of all new fur products throughout California, as well as placing restrictions on hunting and circuses.

"It was from a very, very high distance… it was pretty upsetting," said an audience member at the Circus Rio show in Adelaide.

More than 100 people tried to save Ettore Weber, who died during a rehearsal at an Italian circus Thursday evening.

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"Perhaps he realised that another flogging was waiting for him, and he decided to attack first," Anastasia Mishcherina said.

Police called Kenia's visit "short and peaceful."

The highway was closed for two hours while emergency workers tried to catch the animals.

Spanish police caught up with the massive mammal after locals reported seeing a hippo standing in a field.

The famed showman founded the Barnum & Bailey Circus.

After more than 100 years of tradition, the circus of 2017 is poised for a popular reinvention.

"I only help her with changing the brushes," says her owner.

110 million people visit cruel wildlife tourist attractions each year, oblivious to the animal abuse involved.

The famous magician and performer lived in a Harlem townhouse from 1904 to 1926. It's now listed for $4.6 million.

Watching a terrified tiger jump through a hoop is a depressing relic of the past.

Trump may offer the worst solutions to America's problems, but he serves up his bunkum with a full-throated anger that provides temporary satisfaction.

Animal rights activists criticize Ringling Bros. retirement facility and the use of elephants in smaller circuses.

Their human caretakers will visit the 9,000-pound animals in the Sunshine State.

Ringling Brothers's Center for Elephant Conservation is part day care, part school and part senior center for the company's circus herd.

As governments ban circus animals, advocates are stepping in to save the creatures.

Swedish town of Kalmar rules that circus animals are forbidden from town centre streets

The news has unsurprisingly prompted outrage from animal rights activists and critics across the world