**What This Story Is About**
* The two-time Grammy-winning band, native to Bowling Green, Cage the Elephant has officially been asked to change their name by PETA ahead of their halftime show at the NFL game in Munich, Germany.
**Why It Matters**
* PETA is asking for the temporary name change to bring awareness to Okha the 56-year-old elephant’s living conditions.
**What Happens Next**
* Cage the Elephant is set to perform in Munich, Germany on Sunday, Nov. 15 at the NFL’s German game between the New England Patriots and Detroit Lions. Kickoff for the game is at 8:30 a.m. CT.
**For Context**
* Cage the Elephant formed in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 2006. The band’s original members were graduates of Greenwood High School.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - The two-time Grammy-winning band, native to Bowling Green, Cage the Elephant has officially been asked to change their name by PETA ahead of their halftime show at the NFL game in Munich, Germany.
The change would not be permanent. PETA is asking them to change their name temporarily to spotlight an elephant named, Okha.
They are asking the new name be, “Free the Elephant.”
Okha is a 56-year-old elephant that spent most of her life being forced to perform in the circus under threat of punishment, according to PETA.
In a letter sent to the band this morning, PETA writes, “There ain’t no rest for Okha. We think you’d agree that she deserves the chance to spend her remaining years in peace with care, dignity and respect. Lending a rendition of your iconic name for a short while could… help us come a little closer to ending animal cruelty in circuses.”
PETA claims that Okha was taken from her home in India as a baby and is currently being hauled in a trailer by a man named Brian Franzen, who they claim has a history of cruelty to animals charges.
PETA claims that Franzen has been caught on camera striking an elephant with a bullhook.
Cage the Elephant is set to perform in Munich, Germany on Sunday, Nov. 15 at the NFL’s German game between the New England Patriots and Detroit Lions. Kickoff for the game is at 8:30 a.m. CT.
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