Man sues over balloons released at University of Nebraska football games

An Omaha man has sued the University of Nebraska, claiming the school's tradition of releasing thousands of red balloons into the air after its Cornhuskers football team scores litters the planet with pieces of latex and ribbon that can harm or kill wildlife. Randall Krause argues in his lawsuit, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Nebraska, that sending the balloons adrift with no plan to recover them amounts to a violation of federal laws governing the disposal of solid or hazardous waste. "In addition, many animals can become entangled in balloon strings, which can strangle them or hurt their feet and hands." Krause seeks a ban on the mass release of balloons during Cornhuskers games at the university's Memorial Stadium.

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