Elephants may have exceptional memories, but they can forget about being endowed with human rights. That's the finding of the Colorado Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled against an animal ...

The Colorado Supreme Court will consider whether animals are entitled to legal rights under federal law due to a Nonhuman Rights Project lawsuit over elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that five elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs do not have the legal right to pursue their release because they are not human.

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 ...

An elephant at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado is shown behind a fence. (screengrab via KCNC-TV) Colorado’s top court ruled Tuesday that five elephants confined in a local zoo do not have ...

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 ...

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants are not “legal persons” under the law, Colorado Supreme Court rules The Colorado Supreme Court upheld El Paso County District Court’s June ruling on Tuesday ...

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. The ...

Elephants are not “legal persons” under the law, Colorado Supreme Court rules The Colorado Supreme Court upheld El Paso County District Court’s June ruling on Tuesday ...

Colorado Supreme Court to hear case on elephants' rights, captivity at zoo 02:13. The Colorado Supreme Court will soon decide whether animals have bodily liberty and whether a "next friend" can ...

The ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court follows a similar court defeat in New York in 2022 for an elephant named Happy at the Bronx Zoo in a case brought by an animal rights group.

The ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court follows a similar court defeat in New York in 2022 for an elephant named Happy at the Bronx Zoo in a case brought by an animal rights group.