Colorado Revised Statutes Title 33. Parks and Wildlife § 33-1-126. Prohibiting certain animals in a traveling animal act--short title--definitions

(a) “Cause a performance” means to allow for the participation of an animal in a performance, to be responsible for a performance, to financially benefit as an owner or operator from a performance, to financially benefit as a person who owns or controls a property used for a performance, or to use any means of communication for the purpose of promoting a performance on behalf of the owner or operator of a performance or the venue for a performance.

(b) “Environmental education program” means an animal exhibition that:

(c) “Performance” means any animal act, circus, ride, carnival, parade, race, performance, or similar undertaking in which animals are:

(d) “Rodeo” means a competition involving livestock, as defined in section 35-80-102(9); alternative livestock, as defined in section 35-41.5-102(1); or both.

(e) “Traveling animal act” means any performance of an animal where the animal is transported to, from, or between locations for the purpose of the performance.

(a) Cetartiodactyla other than bison, cattle, deer, elk, goats, reindeer, swine, and sheep;

(b) Felidae other than domestic cats;

(c) Wild canidae other than domestic dogs;

(d) Marsupialia;

(e) Nonhuman primates;

(f) Perissodactyla other than horses, donkeys, and mules;

(g) Pinnipedia;

(h) Proboscidea;

(i) Ratites;

(j) Spheniscidae; and

(k) Ursidae.

(a) In an exhibition at a:

(b) If the animal is livestock, as defined in section 35-80-102(9), or alternative livestock, as defined in section 35-41.5-102(1);

(c) As part of an environmental education program if:

(d) By a university, college, laboratory, or other research facility properly licensed or registered under the federal “Animal Welfare Act of 1970”, 7 U.S.C. sec. 2131 et seq., as amended, for the purpose of conducting research;

(e) For the sole purpose of a film, as defined in section 24-48.5-114(1), or a television production, if the use in the film or television production does not involve a live animal exhibition or performance conducted before an audience or interaction with an audience, the public, clients, or customers; or

(f) At a rodeo or county fair.