With the blare of music, the grunting of the elephants, the "hullo-allo-allo-allo" of clowns and the shrill laughter of children, the Barnum Bailey circus opened in Madison Square Garden yesterday ...

and Barnum & Bailey Circus, son of the late legendary animal trainer Gunther Gebel-Williams, is accused of gouging the hide of Asia the elephant as she was being led into the ring of San Jose's ...

Here are some of the zany stories of the circus and its connections to Detroit: The execution of the Barnum & Bailey circus' largest elephant aboard ... Control. Dr. E.T. Olson, former ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD – At the Big E, the elephant is never forgotten ... In his view, exotic species, like elephants or big cats in the circus, give people, especially children, a chance to see ...

An elephant got loose on Tuesday in Butte, Montana after escaping a traveling circus. The animal, reportedly named Viola, left the Jordan World Circus, which was set up at the Butte Civic Center ...

The story of Viola the elephant escaping the Jordan World Circus on Tuesday in Butte was shared nationwide and beyond. Reports of her brief journey for freedom spread like wildfire. People ...

An escaped circus elephant named Viola was seen weaving through traffic and striding across parking lots in Butte, Mont., on Tuesday, a getaway that was captured in several videos shared widely on ...

She reports on justice and human rights issues. Contact her at cara.tabachnick@cbsinteractive.com A circus elephant named Viola gave the performance of her life on Tuesday – a grand disappearing ...

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.” A normal day in Montana took a turn when ...