"Because an elephant is not a person, the elephants here do not have standing to bring a habeas corpus claim," the court ...

The Colorado high court ruled in favor of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after an animal rights group alleged the park's elephants ...

History will look upon this ruling as a grave injustice,” animal law professor and director of the Animal Activist Legal ...

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 ...

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 five ...

An animal rights non-profit, Nonhuman Rights Project, brought both cases on the elephants' behalf under a legal doctrine ...

The Colorado Supreme Court has sided with the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after an animal rights organization sued the group, ...

Missy (front) and Lucky are shown at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorada Springs (Cheyenne Mountain Zoo) The Nonhuman Rights Project, the group that advocated for the animals argued that the ...

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.

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they’re not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue ...

The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) filed the suit against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in May 2024 alleging the park in Colorado Springs kept five elderly African elephants named Missy, Kimba ...

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 ...