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. Five wild-born elephants that have long inhabited a 2-acre plot in a southern Colorado zoo will not be able to pursue their own release, the state's highest court ruled this week. Responding.
Elephants can't pursue their release from a Colorado zoo because they're not human, court says This undated photo provided by the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo shows elephants Kimba, front, and Lucky, back, at the Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Cheyenne Mountain Zoo via AP, File). The Colorado high court ruled in favor of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after an animal rights group alleged the park's elephants were 'unlawfully confined.'.
The Colorado Supreme Court has issued an opinion on a case regarding five elephants cared for at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Colorado Supreme Court ruled that five elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo lacked standing for habeas corpus because they are not legal persons. Elephants 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 after it was sued by an animal.
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 followed in the steps of its counterparts on Tuesday and rejected the idea that an animal rights organization could petition for the release of five captive elephants in Colorado Springs.
Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be "majestic" but do not have the legal right to pursue their release since they aren't human.