Colorado Supreme Court rules for zoo in elephant captivity lawsuit
7 hours ago · Elephants are not human, Colorado high court rules for zoo in animal rights group's suit The Nonhuman Rights Project alleged the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo kept five elderly African elephants named ...
Elephants can’t pursue their release from a Colorado zoo because …
23 hours ago · DENVER — 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.
Court says elephants fight for release from Colorado zoo | AP News
1 day ago · 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 an animal rights group. Rulings in favor of the animals would have allowed lawyers for both Happy and the elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs — Missy, Kimba ...
Elephants will be allowed to remain at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo …
1 day ago · Elephants allowed to remain at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo following Colorado Supreme Court ruling 01:31. Colorado's highest court has ruled in favor of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after it was sued by an ...
Elephants are not people, rules Colorado Supreme Court - BBC
1 day ago · A bid to free five elephants from a Colorado zoo has been rejected after a court ruled elephants are not people. An animal rights group argued Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo were ...
Elephants cannot sue to get out of the zoo, Colorado's top court …
9 hours ago · Jan 22 (Reuters) - Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the state's highest court said the animals have no legal right to demand their release because they are ...
Elephants not entitled to human rights, Colorado Supreme Court …
1 day ago · Since 2013, the Nonhuman Rights Project has filed nine lawsuits, including this one, to free elephants and chimpanzees in New York, Colorado, California and Hawaii. It has yet to win a single case.
Elephants are not people, rules Colorado Supreme Court
10 hours ago · A bid to free five elephants from a Colorado zoo has been rejected after a court ruled elephants are not people. An animal rights group argued Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo were ...
Elephants denied ‘personhood’ must sue to leave zoo: Colorado …
1 day ago · The Nonhuman Rights Project, a nonprofit seeking legal rights for intelligent animals, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in 2023 on behalf of five elephants — Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo — living at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs in an attempt to move the elephants to a sanctuary.
Colorado Supreme Court against elephant habeas corpus claim
12 hours ago · 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.”. The Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP), an advocacy organization that seeks legal rights for intelligent animals, filed a petition for a writ of habeas ...
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