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 will be allowed to remain at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo following Colorado Supreme Court ruling
The court ruled Tuesday that the elephants couldn't be released because animals don't have the same rights as humans. The group that filed the suit said that the animals were experiencing stress, ...
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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How many elephants does Cheyenne Mountain Zoo have? Colorado court rules animals cannot be released following welfare case
The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs is home to five African elephants named Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo.
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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 Are Not People, Colorado Supreme Court Rules
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday ... a legal effort to move five African elephants from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs to an elephant sanctuary.
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 the zoo, which was seeking to release ...
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Colorado Supreme Court sides with Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in appeal over elephant rights
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - The Colorado Supreme Court has sided with the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after an animal rights organization sued the group, alleging violations were made against five ...
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Elephants can’t pursue their release from a zoo because they’re not human, court says
(KKTV/Gray News) - The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that elephants do not have the same rights as humans. The ruling comes after the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a lawsuit against the Cheyenne ...
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Colorado court rules elephants at zoo cannot pursue their release because they are not human
Five elephants at a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release because they are not human, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled ... at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado ...
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Elephants cannot sue to get out of the zoo, Colorado's top court rules
Tuesday's 6-0 decision by Colorado's Supreme Court means Jambo, Kimba, LouLou, Lucky and Missy will remain at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. It followed a similar decision in 2022 by ...
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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 ... they may be," State Supreme Court Justice Maria Berkenkotter wrote in her ruling. The zoo called the lawsuit "frivolous ...