Editor's note: This article was updated on July 28, 2016, to correct the date of the next City Council meeting, which is Tuesday, Aug. 9.PITTSFIELD — Lion and tiger and elephant acts are a step closer ...

Every now and again I learn of a formal move to make the lives of animals better, and none could be more needed and timely than a new pending bill that is geared to ban wild animals in traveling ...

If some New York City officials and animal advocates prevail, there’ll be no more tigers, lions, leopards, monkeys, zebras or even sloths whenever “The Greatest Show on Earth” comes to town. Two city ...