The smell of sawdust and popcorn fills the air. The clowns, acrobats and magicians are all in place. As the audience are guided to their seats inside the big top, all the classic elements of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ah, the circus. It’s a time-honored tradition, but the practice of training animals to do silly things for the amusement of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police officers enter the circus tent of Circus Paul Busch on Schuetzenplatz. An artist has died in an accident during a circus ...

A pair of elephants are seen at a park in Knysna, South Africa, on July 12, 1999. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings A German circus has opted to replace real animals with realistic holograms, as reported by Big ...

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On a normal Thursday afternoon, Josef Traenkler would be pulling on his clown costume, sharpening his knives or grooming his horses for a performance. Instead, the German entertainer is holed up ...

Germany’s Roncalli circus removed animals from its programme in 2018 for animal welfare reasons – Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP Michael M. Santiago The ...

Circus Altano performers are catching up on repair work while unable to stage performances amid the new coronavirus pandemic AFP / Ina FASSBENDER On a normal Thursday afternoon, Josef Traenkler would ...

Spectators of the Roncalli Circus Show look at an hologram projection of a horse group during the show in Luebeck, northern Germany on August 16, 2023. Photo: Axel Heimken/AFP) Due to concerns over ...