Catherine Carden, an animal trainer and presenter with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, feeds carrots to an elephant during the Elephant Brunch. Elephants typically eat about 160 pounds of food a day.

...his organization took on any large cats, he received four or five years of training with Dr. Bhagavan Antle, an animal trainer and the founder of The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species. The animals in Appling were rescued or confiscated...

Augusta commissioners are entitled to hire anyone they want: lawyers, plumbers, astrologers, animal trainers, Dr. Phil. What they aren't entitled to is making us pay for it. Faced with a citizen's lawsuit, and a hearing today...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - An elephant being loaded onto a truck trampled a circus animal trainer to death at Memorial Coliseum, police said. Three handlers were loading the elephant Monday as crews packed up from this weekend's...

...sold-out Oct. 3 performance at The Mirage hotel-casino, many of the jabs have lost their appeal and the legendary animal trainer seems to have earned new respect. Frank Marino, the star of "An Evening at La Cage" at the Riviera hotel-casino...

Israeli animal trainer Geva Tzim trains a pig to sniff out landmines, in a trial being tested by the Israeli military, at Kibbutz Lahav, in southern Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003. While dogs are often seen sniffing around airports and bus stations, looking for various kinds of contraband, including bombs, Tzim and others say that pigs may be better suited for finding buried explosives.

...a scratch in one of the races. Running back-to-back races is uncommon, as it places too much stress on the animals, trainers say. "Natty Boh is a step below those other horses (in the Imperial Cup)," said Joe Clancy, the editor of...

...statement before Greer tries to work out a solution. After an agreement is reached, many cases are turned over to animal trainer Trish King, who is paid by the dog owners. Complicating Greer's job are Marin County's vague animal laws, which...

...generations," he said. For instance, for lead animal trainer Mark Oliver Gebel, the circus is a family tradition. He is the son of legendary animal trainer Gunther Gebel Williams and has performed in the circus...

...the adventurous type, she considered a career as an animal trainer before taking a job at the Atlanta Ballet.This year...to Atlanta, Kathleen considered taking a job as an animal trainer because she loves animals."It really was a tough...