Clatsop County circus opponents get their wish – a vote in May

For what may have been the last time, a small group of animal rights activists descended upon the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday with pleas to place a referendum on the May ballot that, if approved by voters, would ban circuses and other exotic animal exhibitions.

Commissioners unanimously voted to put the ordinance on the ballot, but not before animal rights activists could make one final appeal to nix all future circuses featuring animals.


http://www.dailyastorian.com/free/clatsop-...19bb2963f4.html

Info on this issue in Oregon

Future of circuses with animals on county ballot

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Futu...lot-2340909.php

Thanks for posting, t&tt.

If that's the case, then there's something seriously wrong with federal guidelines.

Clatsop County residents to vote on whether to allow circuses that display elephants, other exotic animals

The next time the circus says it's coming to town, Clatsop County may just say no.

Next month, voters in the coastal county anchored by tourism and fishing will decide on a ballot measure that would ban the display of elephants and other exotic animals in circuses and similar events.

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwes...ents_to_vo.html

Thanks for posting that well-written article, SL:

Thanks to In Defense of Elephants for brining this sad news to our attention:

Clatsop County ban on circus animals fails

A measure to ban exotic animal displays in Clatsop County failed Tuesday with about 60 percent of voters opposing it.

The measure, which would have been the first of its kind in Oregon, sought to ban the display of elephants and other exotic animals in circuses and similar events ...

Voters cast 5,905 votes against the measure, with 3,962 voting in favor.

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwes...n_circus_a.html