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 ...

On the breeding beaches they flip sand on their backs and sleep ... of fresh fish a day. Goliath, not a circus sea elephant him self, bore a great circus name. Goliath I and II were famed troupers ...

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 ...

Theater review WATER FOR ELEPHANTS .review-block-star { --review ... even one that takes place in a sporadically-dazzling circus. This time, the fellow journeying to the past is Jacob Jankowski ...