A few months after a fight between The Wild Animal Sanctuary and a home developer blew into the open this spring , the Keenesburg animal rehab haven has filed suit claiming that a years-old agreement designed to keep harmony between new exurban homeowners and a collection of nearly 1,000 lions, tigers and bears next door was violated.

In a lawsuit filed Friday in Weld County District Court, the 45-year-old wild animal sanctuary accused Wigaard Smith Estates, the developer, of breaching a 2010 agreement that required the construction of an eight-foot privacy fence and provision of an eight-foot protective buffer between the sanctuary and new homes.

It also gave the sanctuary a seat on the homeowners association so that potential impacts could be clearly communicated with future homeowne

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