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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. The case was brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project in an attempt to win the elephants their freedom,

Smithsonian Magazine · 2d

Elephants Aren’t People and Can’t Sue to Leave a Zoo, Colorado’s Top Court Rules

The court rejected a case to send five African elephants to a sanctuary, saying they have no legal right to demand release under habeas corpus

Newsweek on MSN · 5d

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.

CO Supreme Court sides with CMZoo in elephant lawsuit

The Colorado Supreme Court has unanimously sided with the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZoo) in a lawsuit deemed “frivolous” by ...

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

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 ...

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Colorado court rules elephants can't pursue release from zoo because they're not human

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.Video above ...

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