Legal & Courts  May 14, 2020

Weld County’s Wild Animal Sanctuary lawsuit alleges faulty drill rig

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KEENESBURG — The Wild Animal Sanctuary, a Keenesburg-based operation that houses and displays rescued animals, is suing global infrastructure engineering and construction firm Black & Veatch Inc. for allegedly selling the nonprofit a faulty post-drilling rig.

Last year, the sanctuary used borrowed funds to buy a used $165,000 rig to drill post holes at the group’s outpost near Springfield in southeast Colorado, according to the lawsuit filed this week in U.S. District Court in Denver. The Wild Animal Sanctuary bought the nearly 10,000-acre Springfield property in 2018, with the intent of fencing the perimeter to house animals.

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Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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