PETA and KC Parks lock horns over the First Amendment

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 Recreation Department wanted no part of its 800-pound idea.