Washington bans wild animals in circuses: a fading tradition. Learn how public ethics are shifting in animal entertainment.

Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian import and America’s most profitable circus, is animal-free but full of animalized human performers. Courtesy: Cirque du Soleil In 1917, the publication of a ...

These jockeys weigh only 6 pounds and they’re not riding horses — they’re riding dogs. Capuchin monkeys Gilligan and Burt and ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed a bill making Washington the 12th state in the country to restrict the use of animals in traveling circuses, exhibits and other shows. Senate Bill 5065 was ...