For more than a century Belle Vue Circus was at the heart of entertainment in the North West. Amazing photos and old images uncovered by the MEN archives team track the long and exciting history of ...

When 29-year-old Shane Johnson talks about working with six Royal Bengal tigers, it's with the scratches and scars that came with experience. The tiger trainer is a third-generation circus performer ...

A trio of circus tigers rescued from Guatemala will have a new home in Tampa. But first, they made a pit stop in the 305. Kimba, Max and Simba landed at Miami International Airport early Monday after ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Three former circus tigers are getting a second chance at life now that they have arrived to Big Cat Rescue on Monday. Max and Simba, both 9, and 3-year-old Kimba arrived at Miami ...

The lions and tigers took a 34-hour flight to reach their new home at the ADI Sanctuary in South Africa Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work ...

Italian police are investigating after one of the country's most famous tamers was killed by four tigers he was training. Ettore Weber died Thursday evening during a rehearsal at Marina Orfei Circus ...

A tiger trainer in southern Italy was killed when four of the animals suddenly attacked him on Thursday. Ettore Weber, 61, was preparing the tigers for the Orfei Circus production known as Animal Park ...