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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

Supreme Court Ruled Elephants At Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Are Not People Under the rule of habeas corpus, elephants are not humans according to the Supreme Court of Colorado ...

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 ...

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 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.

DENVER — Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they’re not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday.

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. Sign up here.

(CN) — Five elderly African elephants will be staying put in a Colorado zoo after the state Supreme Court denied an animal advocacy group’s effort to expand the definition of “persons” to include ...