Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Mary C. McGinley on Thursday tossed out the Nonhuman Rights Project's bid to free five ...

A judge has dismissed an animal-rights group's suit seeking the release of five elephants at the Pittsburgh Zoo. The group ...

The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) and the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project (AALDP) have filed a lawsuit in Dane County ...

A Washington, D.C.-based animal-rights nonprofit on Tuesday sued the operator and head of the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, demanding the release of its elephants from captivity. Filed by the Nonhuman ...

An animal rights organization has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to hear its case that chimpanzees in an Upper Peninsula zoo deserve constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment. The ...

Attorneys from the Nonhuman Rights Project and the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project have vowed to appeal a Dane County ...