Elephants denied ‘personhood’ must sue to leave zoo

Elephants can’t sue to leave the zoo, court rules
A Colorado court rejected efforts to free five elephants using a legal process for human detainees, writing that it “boils down to whether an elephant is a person.”
Elephants can’t pursue their release from a zoo because they’re not human, court says
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ( KKTV /Gray News) - The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that elephants do not have the same rights as humans. The ruling comes after the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a lawsuit against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo over the conditions the animals.
‘An elephant is not a person’: Colorado Supreme Court denies appeal over zoo containment
The state's highest court has ruled elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo were not included in state liberty statutes because they are not considered a person.
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 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.
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.
Elephants to remain at zoo following Colorado Supreme Court ruling
The court ruled Tuesday that 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 court declares elephants are not people
An animal rights group was unsuccessful in their attempt to legally have a group of zoo elephants transferred to an elephant sanctuary
CO Supreme Court rules elephants are not a person
After activists tried to get elephants constitutional rights, they were ruled against when the Colorado Supreme Court determined that elephants are not a person.
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