The court determined that elephants are not legal person under habeas corpus laws, rejecting a case brought by an animal rights group.

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Colorado Supreme Court sides with Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in appeal over elephant rights

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but do not have the legal right to pursue their release since they aren't human

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Elephants can't pursue their release from a Colorado zoo because they're not human, court says

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but do not have the legal right to pursue their release since they aren't human. That was the ruling Tuesday from

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - The Colorado Supreme Court has sided with the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after an animal rights organization sued the group,

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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 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 elepha…

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The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a national animal rights organization’s ninth attempt to declare animals legal 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 on behalf of the facility’s five elephants: Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo. The project’s organizers wanted to get the animals released into…

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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants are not “legal persons” under the law, Colorado Supreme Court rules

A movement to declare elephants “persons” and give them rights to habeas corpus legal actions has proven to be a step too far even for the leftists on the Colorado Supreme Court, who just months ago had attempted to remove President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary election ballot. That move was overturned promptly by the U.S. Supreme Court and now it remains to be seen whether the justices’ new position, regarding an organization clai…

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Not kidding! Court officially rules that elephants don't qualify as 'persons' * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

The court rejected the idea that an animal rights organization could petition for the release of five captive elephants in Colorado Springs.

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Colorado Supreme Court rejects 'personhood' for captive Colorado Springs elephants

DENVER (AP) — 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 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…

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Elephants can’t pursue their release from a Colorado zoo because they’re not human, court says

DENVER (KDVR) -- "An elephant is not a person" and is not afforded the same liberties as a person under the Colorado Constitution, the Colorado Supreme Court decided Tuesday. The state's highest court on Tuesday upheld an El Paso County District Court decision that decided five elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo were not included in state liberty statutes. The petitioner, the Nonhuman Rights Project, had argued the animals should be included…

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‘An elephant is not a person’: Colorado Supreme Court denies appeal over zoo containment

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but do not have the legal right to pursue their release since they aren't human. That was the ruling Tuesday from Colorado’s highest court. It &hellip;

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Elephants can't pursue their release from a Colorado zoo because they're not human, court says - The Morning Sun

Colorado Supreme Court Rules Elephants Cannot Seek Legal Release from Zoo

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