Animal Rights Attorneys Threaten to Sue CPW over Elephants at Colorado Renaissance Festival

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Animal rights attorneys threaten to sue CPW over elephants at Colorado Renaissance Festival

DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) – A group of animal rights attorneys are threatening to sue Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) if the agency issues – or fails to revoke – permits allowing the use of elephants at the Colorado Renaissance Festival. In a letter sent to state officials on Wednesday, the University of Denver's Animal Activist Legal Defense Project demanded that CPW refuse to issue, or revoke, a permit for elephant performances at the Colorado Re…

Animal rights lawyers threaten to sue over Renaissance Festival elephants

Animal rights lawyers based at the University of Denver are threatening to sue Colorado Parks and Wildlife if the agency issues another permit for an elephant show at the annual Renaissance Festival in Larkspur. In a letter to Parks and Wildlife, the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project said the agency is violating Colorado law by issuing permits to Trunks and Humps, the exhibitor that puts on the “Elephant Experience” show at the fair. State l…

DU's College of Law threatens legal action if CPW permits elephants at Renaissance Festival

DENVER (KDVR) — A legal battle may be brewing over the use of elephants at the Colorado Renaissance Festival. On Tuesday, the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law issued a letter to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, threatening litigation if the agency grants—or fails to revoke—a permit allowing elephant performances at the annual event. Why Colorado Parks and Wildlife wants you to report sight…

Animal rights attorneys threaten to sue CPW over elephant permits at Colorado Renaissance Festival

Attorneys claim that Texas-based Trunks and Humps violates state law by displaying elephants at the annual festival in Larkspur