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.

Animal rights protesters gathered outside an arena in Pendleton to protest the use of an elephant in a traveling circus.

Briony Albert has trained for months to regain the physical strength needed for the spectacular show.

Julie, Portugal’s last circus elephant and the last wild animal remaining in a Portuguese circus, has arrived at Pangea Elephant Sanctuary, the first of its kind in Europe. She ...