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 ...
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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 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 cannot sue to get out of the zoo, Colorado's top court rules
An animal rights non-profit, Nonhuman Rights Project, brought both cases on the elephants' behalf under a legal doctrine ...
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 ...
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Elephants can’t use habeas corpus to be released from zoos because they’re not human, court rules
An animal rights group called the Nonhuman Rights Project had been trying to get five elephants freed from the Cheyenne ...
Court Rules Elephants Not ‘Persons,’ Denies Legal Rights in Captivity Battle
Five elephants at Colorado's Cheyenne Mountain Zoo became the focus of a legal battle over their right to freedom. Animal ...
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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 ...