Colorado, Elephant and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Elephants are not human, Colorado high court rules for zoo in animal rights group's suit
The Colorado high court ruled in favor of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after an animal rights group alleged the park's elephants were 'unlawfully confined.'
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, since they’re not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday.
Elephants cannot sue to get out of the zoo, Colorado's top court rules
Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the state's highest court said the animals have no legal right to demand their release because they are not human.
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.
'Majestic, but not human': Why a US court has refused to release 5 elephants from Colorado zoo
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday denied releasing five elderly elephants from a local zoo, saying that the animals may be ‘majestic’ but they are not humans. It ruled that the elephants were not
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants are not “legal persons” under the law, Colorado Supreme Court rules
History will look upon this ruling as a grave injustice,” animal law professor and director of the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project Justin Marceau said.
Elephants can’t use habeas corpus to be released from zoos because they’re not human, court rules
"Because an elephant is not a person, the elephants here do not have standing to bring a habeas corpus claim," the court ruled
Elephants Are Not People, US Judges Say
A bid to get five elephants released from a US zoo has failed after judges ruled the animals are not people so laws on unlawful imprisonment do not apply.
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.
Colorado court makes shocking ruling against elephants freedom
The Colorado Supreme court made shocking ruling in the case presented for the release of elephants, placed in one of the state's zoo. Five elephants at a Colorado zoo could be suffering from brain damage as the place act like a prison
US court rules elephants are not 'People', rejects freedom bid
A Colorado court has ruled against a bid to free five elephants from a local zoo, determining that elephants do not have the same legal rights as humans. The case, filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP),
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 ...
Elephants can't pursue release from Colorado 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 ...