Julie spent 40 years in captivity before being released into a 1,000-acre sanctuary, a charity says.

The first resident has arrived at the Pangea sanctuary in Alentejo, presented as Europe’s first large-scale elephant refuge.

Julie the elephant was taken from the wild in southern Africa when she was five and joined Cardinali Circus in Portugal for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A circus elephant ran loose in the streets of Butte, Montana, on April 16, NBC Montana reported. Surveillance video from Town Pump ...

There was some BIG news this week -- literally -- as a circus elephant escaped from her pen and roamed the streets of a Montana city. The escape has garnered mixed reactions. While some said it was ...