‘Elephants here do not have standing’: Colorado Supreme Court rules elephants don’t have human rights, must stay at zoo
Colorado’s top court ruled Tuesday that five elephants confined in a local zoo do not have the right to seek habeas corpus relief because no court in the United States “has ever recognized the legal ‘personhood’ of any nonhuman species.
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.
Colorado zoo elephants have no right to seek freedom because they're not human, court rules
DENVER — Five elephants at a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their own freedom from a Colorado zoo, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday. The ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court follows a similar court defeat in New York in 2022 for an elephant named Happy at the Bronx Zoo in a case brought by the same animal rights group.
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 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 do not have the legal right to pursue their release since they aren't human
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 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.
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.
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 ...
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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 ...