The Sprint Center is no stranger to protesters from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Last year, a young lady wearing nothing but bikini-bottoms, pasties and a whole lot of orange body paint, crouched in a cage outside the venue to show the activists' disdain for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
This year, the animal rights' organization wanted to make a more lasting impression about the alleged mistreatment of circus animals. But the Kansas City Parks and Recrea
Remember the crying baby elephant statue that PETA was trying to gift to the city to protest the circus's treatment of animals? Well, that didn't work out. Instead, they got a permit to display Ella PhantzPeril, as the thing is called, on the corner of Grand and Pershing. Not exactly the city's busiest corner."We were hoping for a spot with more foot traffic," said Jill Oakley, a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals intern from British Columbia, Canada. When I saw her at 5:30 p.m., Oak