In 1916, Mary, a five-ton Asian elephant with the Sparks World Famous Shows circus, was sentenced to death by hanging in the small town of Erwin, Tennessee. Her crime? The fatal trampling of her ...

Former Ringling Bros. animal caretaker Gerald Ramos, who left the circus after one week in 2006, also testified by way of deposition that he witnessed a baby elephant whacked on the head in such a ...

This riveting documentary tells the tragic story of Tyke, a wild elephant forced to live within the confines of circus life and perform tricks. In 1973, a very young Tyke was wrested from her family ...

An Asian elephant who spent much of her life performing in a circus before she was given a chance to retire, she became the first elephant to call the sanctuary home. Founders Carol Buckley and ...