Tag: Elephants
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
SATURDAY Time for the Denver Nuggets season home opening to kick off with a community celebration, Can-I-Val Season Tip-Off Party on Wynkoop Plaza at Union Station. Mascot Rocky, the Average Joes and Skyline Drumline are all part of 3 p.m. food and games and prizes from Ball. Just follow the Nuggets’ colors in lights before…
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Elephant permit denied for the Colorado Renaissance Festival
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Elephants, which have been part of the Colorado Renaissance Festival for decades, will not be at this year’s show when it kicks off June 14. Colorado Parks and Wildlife denied the permit for elephant shows at the weekslong festival in Larkspur, according to a news…
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Colorado Supreme Court rejects ‘personhood’ for elephants at Colorado Springs’ Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court followed in the footsteps of its counterparts on Tuesday and rejected the idea that an animal rights organization could petition for the release of five captive elephants in Colorado Springs. The Washington, D.C.-based Nonhuman Rights Project has unsuccessfully filed suit in multiple…
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Judge dismisses petition seeking ‘personhood’ status, relocation of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo elephants
An animal rights group’s lawsuit accusing Cheyenne Mountain Zoo of illegally confining and neglecting its five elderly African elephants, and demanding they be relocated to a sanctuary, has been dismissed by the 4th Judicial District in Colorado Springs. “Issues of the sort raised by this case, involving mankind’s stewardship of the planet and its living…