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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Activists with the Nonhuman Rights Project sued the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo last summer on behalf of the facility’s five elephants: Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo. The project’s ...

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.

For the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the ruling represents a victory that reinforces its care practices for the elephants, which it argues are tailored to their specific needs as aging animals ...

The Colorado Supreme Court hears the ongoing animal rights case against Cheyenne Mountain Zoo that has passed the one year mark. DENVER — Thursday morning, representatives of the Nonhuman Rights ...

Rulings in favor of the animals would have allowed lawyers for both Happy and the elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs — Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo — to pursue ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – This week, representatives from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will appear before the Colorado Supreme Court to defend their care of five elephants in a case that ...

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs has attracted the ire of the national activist group In Defense of Animals (IDA), which put the zoo on its annual Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants in ...

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 ...