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

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Court Rules Elephants Can't Sue in Court for Their Release from Colorado Zoo

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Animal rights activists are determined to persuade a court to declare an animal a “person” to enable them to engage in unremitting lawfare against all animal uses — an advocacy project known as “animal standing.” Having failed twice in New York to have chimps and then an elephant named Happy declared persons, the NonHuman Rights Project moved its effort to Colorado seeking writs of habeas corpus to be issued on behalf of zoo elephants. The activ…

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Colorado Supreme Court Shuts Down Liberal Effort to Call Elephants “Persons”

The activists had some reason for hope. Two judges in New York’s highest court swallowed the baloney in a 5–2 ruling.
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Elephant Personhood — Nixed Again

The high court rejected arguments that elephants qualify as “persons” under state law and suggested animal advocates turn to the legislative branch to expand legal rights. Continue reading…

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Elephants denied ‘personhood’ must sue to leave Colorado zoo

An animal rights group has had their hopes dashed by a court after it revealed that elephants can't pursue their own release from a zoo. The Nonhuman Rights Project brought a lawsuit to a court, hoping to see the release of a group of five elephants from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. 
The plan was to use a legal process known as habeas corpus - which in Latin means "you may have the body" - in order to grant the elephants their rele…

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Elephants aren't humans, court rules

A court has dashed the hopes of an animal rights group after revealing that elephants cannot claim their own release from a zoo. The Non-Human Rights Project filed a lawsuit in court, hoping that a group of five elephants would be released from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. The plan was to use a legal process known as habeas corpus - which in Latin means "you can have the body" - to grant freedom to elephants. In the case of hum…

Un tribunal ha desbaratado las esperanzas de un grupo de defensa de los derechos de los animales tras revelar que los elefantes no pueden solicitar su propia liberación de un zoológico. El Proyecto de Derechos No Humanos presentó una demanda ante un tribunal, con la esperanza de que se liberara a un grupo de cinco elefantes del zoológico Cheyenne Mountain de Colorado Springs. 
El plan consistía en utilizar un proceso legal conocido como habeas c…

Los elefantes no son humanos, según un tribunal

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Elephants are not human, according to a court

Oakland News Now – Fact or Fiction: Colorado Supreme Court rules elephants aren’t people? – video made by the YouTube channel with the logo in the video’s upper left hand corner. OaklandNewsNow.com is the original blog post for this type of video-blog content. An unusual story you may have heard claims the Colorado Supreme Court […] The post Fact or Fiction: Colorado Supreme Court rules elephants aren’t people? | San Diego News appeared first on…

Court Rules Elephants Can't Sue in Court for Their Release from Colorado Zoo

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