Elephants cannot sue to get out of the zoo, Colorado's top court rules
Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the state's highest court said the animals have no ...
Elephants are not people, Colorado Supreme Court rules
Five wild-born elephants that have long inhabited a 2-acre plot in a southern Colorado zoo will not be able to pursue their ...
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Elephants can’t pursue their release from a zoo because they’re not human, court says
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that elephants do not have the same rights as humans. The ruling comes after the Nonhuman ...
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Elephants Aren’t People and Can’t Sue to Leave a Zoo, Colorado’s Top Court Rules
The court rejected a case to send five African elephants to a sanctuary, saying they have no legal right to demand release ...
Elephants are not human, Colorado high court rules for zoo in animal rights group's suit
The Colorado high court ruled in favor of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after an animal rights group alleged the park's elephants ...
Elephants can’t use habeas corpus to be released from zoos because they’re not human, court rules
"Because an elephant is not a person, the elephants here do not have standing to bring a habeas corpus claim," the court ...
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Elephants are not human, Colorado high court rules for zoo in animal rights group's suit
The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) filed the suit against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in May 2024 alleging the park in Colorado Springs kept five elderly African elephants named Missy, Kimba ...
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Elephants can’t pursue their release from a zoo because they’re not human, court says
The ruling comes after the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a lawsuit against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo over the conditions the animals. Last October, the group sued the zoo over the welfare of its ...