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Elephants can’t sue to leave zoo, court rules

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.'

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Elephants can’t sue to leave the zoo, court rules

A Colorado court rejected efforts to free five elephants using a legal process for human detainees, writing that it “boils down to whether an elephant is a person.”

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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.

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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 after it was sued by an animal rights group over the alleged treatment of elephants at the Colorado Springs facility.

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Colorado Supreme Court sides with lower court dismissing petition against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

The Colorado Supreme Court has issued an opinion on a case regarding five elephants cared for at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

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Elephants can’t pursue their release from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo because they’re not human, court says

Rulings in favor of the animals would have allowed lawyers for both Happy and the elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs — Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo — to pursue ...

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