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, ...
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How many elephants does Cheyenne Mountain Zoo have? Colorado court rules animals cannot be released following welfare case
The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs is home to five African elephants named Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo.
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.
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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants are not “legal persons” under the law, Colorado Supreme Court rules
The Colorado ... persons in court and secure them the right to challenge their confinement and custody. Activists with the Nonhuman Rights Project sued the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo last summer ...
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Colorado Supreme Court sides with lower court dismissing petition against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court released its opinion on a case that sought to remove the five elephants cared for at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. In its opinion, delivered by the Honorable ...
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Elephants are not human, Colorado high court rules for zoo in animal rights group's suit
That's the finding of the Colorado Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled ... filed the suit against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in May 2024 alleging the park in Colorado Springs kept five elderly ...
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Colorado Supreme Court sides with Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in appeal over elephant rights
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - The Colorado Supreme Court has sided with the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after an animal rights organization sued the group, alleging violations were made against five ...
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Elephants can’t pursue their release from a zoo because they’re not human, court says
(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 ...
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Colorado Supreme Court rules elephants aren’t humans with denial of habeas corpus claim
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.
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Colorado court rules elephants at zoo cannot pursue their release because they are not human
Five elephants at a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release because they are not human, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled ... at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado ...
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Elephants will be allowed to remain at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo following Colorado Supreme Court ruling
Colorado's highest court has ruled in favor of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo ... they may be," State Supreme Court Justice Maria Berkenkotter wrote in her ruling. The zoo called the lawsuit "frivolous ...
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Elephants can’t pursue their release from Cheyenne Mountain 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 their release, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday. The ruling ...