Most of the rest live in sanctuaries or refuges; a handful are still owned by circuses, performing in states and communities where that use of wild animals is still legal. Because Asian elephants ...

From the first time a circus visited San Antonio in 1858, the dates usually fell in October or even November — because even then, it was too hot to want to sit under a canvas tent during the summer ...

For years, exotic pets of cartel members and circus animals have been living in a small refuge on the outskirts of Sinaloa’s capital. However, a bloody power struggle erupted last year between rival ...

CULIACÁN, Sinaloa — A pack of veterinarians clambered over hefty metal crates on Tuesday morning, loading them one by one onto a fleet of semi-trucks. Among the cargo: tigers, monkeys, jaguars ...

A pack of veterinarians clamber over hefty metal crates of animals they load one-by-one onto a fleet of semi-trucks. Tigers, ...

For years, exotic pets of cartel members and circus animals have been living in a small refuge on the outskirts of Sinaloa’s capital. However, a bloody power struggle erupted last year between ...

Hundreds of animals including elephants, crocodiles, lions and tigers have been moved from a violence-torn Mexican cartel heartland to a new home in an operation described as a "21st-century Noah ...