Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian import and America’s most profitable circus, is animal-free but ... Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA), was so moved by the novel that he ...

Supporters of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) crashed a Freemason fundraiser over alleged 'animal abuse' in circus shows. Chaos erupted at the Sharon Shrine's Potentate's Ball in ...

and those performances are now often viewed as acts of cruelty to the captive animals involved.” Illinois became the first state to ban the use of elephants in circuses and other traveling exhibits ...

Some people believed this form of entertainment declined in the 1950s because of concerns about animal cruelty. Flea circuses were indeed mentioned in the House of Commons in relation to animal ...