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Elephants allowed to remain at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo following Colorado Supreme Court ruling 01:31. Colorado's highest court has ruled in favor of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after it was sued by an ...
Five elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo may be “majestic” but do not have the legal right to pursue their release since they aren't human. That was the ruling Tuesday from Colorado’s ...
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday that elephants do not have legal standing to challenge their captivity, a decision that blocks a legal effort to move five African elephants ...
Elephants are not human, Colorado high court rules for zoo in animal rights group's suit The Nonhuman Rights Project alleged the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo kept five elderly African elephants named ...
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants are not “legal persons” under the law, Colorado Supreme Court rules. Story by Lauren Penington, Katie Langford, The Denver Post • 11h.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo have lived in Colorado Springs for decades in the elephant exhibit at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Now an animal rights group is ...
On Thursday, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will be in front of the Colorado Supreme Court arguing if the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants should be turned over to an animal sanctuary.
On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that five wild-born zoo elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo do not have a right to liberty. ... Bulwagi, a 20-year-old African elephant, ...
In a legal first, Colorado’s highest court is hearing arguments Thursday on whether five African elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo should be able to challenge their captivity. The NonHuman ...
The Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday from the NonHuman Rights Project and the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo ...
More than a decade ago, the zoo decided to specialize in housing and caring for aging female African elephants. Since then, it has acquired six elephants to live out their twilight years in ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo have lived in Colorado Springs for decades in the elephant exhibit at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Now an animal rights group is ...