Colorado Supreme Court rules elephants aren’t humans with denial of habeas corpus claim
The highest court in Colorado denied a claim made on behalf of five elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, ruling that elephants do not have the same rights humans do. The case was brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project in an attempt to win the elephants their freedom,
Elephants can’t pursue their release from a Colorado zoo because they’re not human, court says
Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they’re not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday.
CO Supreme Court sides with CMZoo in elephant lawsuit
The Colorado Supreme Court has unanimously sided with the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZoo) in a lawsuit deemed “frivolous” by the zoo, which was seeking to release the elephants from the zoo and move them to a sanctuary.
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants are not 'legal persons' under the law, Colorado Supreme Court rules
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a national civil rights organization’s ninth attempt to declare animals legal persons in court and secure them the right to challenge their confinement and custody.
Elephants will be allowed to remain at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo following Colorado Supreme Court ruling
The court ruled Tuesday that the elephants couldn't be released because animals don't have the same rights as humans. The group that filed the suit said that the animals were experiencing stress, physical issues,
Colorado Supreme Court rules in Cheyenne Mountain Zoo elephant welfare case
On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that elephants do not have the same rights as humans after the Nonhuman Rights Project sued the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo over the conditions of its elephants.
Elephants Don't Have Constitutional Rights, Colorado Court Rules
Five elderly elephants living in a Colorado Springs zoo aren’t protected by the same liberty interests that cover humans, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Colorado Supreme Court rejects 'personhood' for captive Colorado Springs elephants
The Colorado Supreme Court followed in the steps of its counterparts on Tuesday and rejected the idea that an animal rights organization could petition for the release of five captive elephants in Colorado Springs.
Elephants can't pursue release because they are not people, court rules
A court has ruled that five elephants being held in a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release, because they are not human. An animal rights group brought a lawsuit on behalf of the elephants from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs,
Elephants are not people, US court rules
Judges ruled a bid to free five elderly African elephants from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo was based on a law that only applied to humans.
Elephants Are Not People, Colorado Supreme Court Rules
A court has rejected the notion that elephants are people, upholding a zoo's right to keep the animals after a yearslong legal scrap.
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Elephants Are Sentient. Why Won't Courts Say They're People? | Opinion
On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that five wild-born zoo elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo do not have a right to liberty.
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Bronx Zoo named No. 2 ‘worst zoo’ for elephants as activists say ‘Happy’ is one pouty pachyderm: ‘Cruel confinement’
Brigitte Stelzer Animal rights group Nonhuman Rights Project even took the Bronx Zoo to court in an unsuccessful bid to get Happy could be categorized as a person in a court of law. The New York ...