Today PETA filed a complaint with the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance accusing Mayor Vince Gray's office of violating conflict-of-interest rules by accepting discounted circus tickets while failing to inspect the conditions elephants were kept in.
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PETA Files Complaint Over Circus Tickets, Alleges D.C. Is Not Enforcing Animal Cruelty Law
PETA Plans Protest of Circus Tomorrow
Just like it did last year, PETA is planning a protest of the arrival of the circus to the Verizon Center, an annual event that kicked off last night with the Pachyderm Parade.
D.C. Welcomes Its New Elephant Overlords
Circus fans and elephant enthusiasts lined the streets last night for the annual Pachyderm Parade, the march that announces that the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus has arrived in town.
No, There's No Symbolism In Those Elephants Walking Around Town Tonight
If you happen to see a parade of elephants ambling through the city tonight, it isn't some thinly veiled message about a coming Republican president and how he'll stomp all over the District for four years—it's just the annual Pachyderm Parade.
Elephant March Returns This Afternoon
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey touring circus finds its way back to the Verizon Center on Thursday (this year's theme: Barnum's Funundrum), so it's once again time for the annual Elephant Walk. The pachyderm march through the streets of the District will begin this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. -- to make sure you get a chance to gawk at the trunked ones, you can call 1-866-683-3670 or follow @DCElephantWalk on Twitter. (Yes, there's an elephant walk hotline.)
Hindu Wedding to Involve Elephants, Street Closures
The Renaissance Mayflower Hotel sent word around today that DeSales St. NW between Connecticut Ave. NW and 17th St. NW will be closed starting at 4:30 p.m. for a traditional Hindu wedding procession. D.C. residents Shilpa Maheshwari and Neil Agarwal are getting married today, and the Baraat ceremony will involve the groom arriving on an elephant as he and his family proceed down DeSales St. The hotel is offering local media interview opportunities with the father of the bride, as well as encouraging people to use the outdoor part of the ceremony as a photo op ... we certainly hope the bride and groom got a discount on their ballroom rental in exchange for their special day being offered up as potential PR fodder.
Elephant Parade is on the March
We told you last week that the annual Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Pachyderm Parade was set to begin this morning at around 10 a.m. at Garfield Park. Reader Elisabeth Grant confirms the parade got off to an on-time start this morning, and sent us the capture below, taken at about 10:30 a.m. from her office window on 4th Street SE in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Check our map of the elephant parade route to see if the animals are heading toward you.
Ringling Bros. Elephants On Their Way to D.C.
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be at the Verizon Center March 27-30, and you know what that means: it's time once again for the Elephant Walk.
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