News Parents and their children will be greeted by smiling clowns and men on stilts at tomorrow night's opening of Ringling Bros./Barnum & Bailey circus at the Rose Garden. But first, they'll be greeted by animal rights activists showing gruesome footage that protesters say shows the circus' animals being abused. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and In Defense of Animals want to deter ...   More

News PETA protesters, calling the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus "The Cruelest Show on Earth," gathered downtown today to protest the circus's Sept. 2-5 visit to Portland. And in true PETA fashion, the animal rights group had a hook for its noon demonstration at the corner of Southwest Yamhill and Broadway. The protest of about 10 demonstrators was centered around Nicole Matthews, a ...   More