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

Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law a bill that prohibits the use of elephants, bears, wild cats and nonhuman primates in ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson has signed a bill making Washington the twelfth state in the country to restrict the use of animals in traveling circuses, exhibits and other shows. Washington ...

Washington is now the 12th state to restrict the use of animals in traveling acts such as circuses, petting zoos, and ...

But experts warn that while the artists perform voluntarily, the animals are trained to do so - by fear. For them, life in the circus also means years of suffering, say campaigners - constantly ...

The Washington State penalty is going to be very stiff for traveling circuses that use these four species of animals in their ...

"My heart has always been here at the museum and here in Baraboo," Parkinson, a third-generation family official at Circus World, said.

Luca Rago is a kid with a cause who is on a mission to protect the welfare of circus animals. He’s a local fourth grader who ...