PETA critical of promotion involving circus elephant

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (U-WIRE) - Members of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have heavily criticized State College Mayor Bill Welch for his support of a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus plan to promote the world-famous circus being in town this weekend.

The idea initially called for Bo — a four-and-a-half-ton elephant — to deliver mail with the help of Welch on Thursday, along Fraser and Allen streets.

The plans were later scrapped, though, when it was determined the pachyderm could not be safely transported to the designated mail delivery area, said Bernie Punt, director of sales and marketing at The Bryce Jordan Center.

Punt denied that intense protest of the event was factored into the cancellation, saying Ringling’s producers and trainers called off the promotion.

—The Daily Collegian

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