As the elephant passes vehicles on the street, trunk and tail swinging, a bystander in the video says, “Only in Butte. A circus elephant got loose.” Local media reported that the elephant ...
Archaeologists are hoping to uncover the grave of a circus elephant thought to have been buried in an English village more than 130 years ago. The animal, called Nancy, may have been buried in ...
When P.T. Barnum bought Jumbo, an African elephant from the London Zoological Society, the sale caused protests in England, and began a story full of sensation and tragedy.
The elephant, named Charlie, was captured in 1984 from Zimbabwe’s Hwange national park when he was two years old. He was taken to Boswell Wilkie Circus in South Africa and trained to perform tricks.
Rosie and another elephant, Opal, came to Hope in 2012 through the work of Jim Laurita. The veterinarian had worked with the elephants when they were in a circus. Laurita created Hope Elephants ...