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.

The high court rejected arguments that elephants qualify as “persons” under state law and suggested animal advocates turn to ...

Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there after the state's Supreme Court ruled they don't have the ...

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The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled against the release of five African elephants from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, concluding ...

The court rejected a case to send five African elephants to a sanctuary, saying they have no legal right to demand release ...

The Colorado Supreme Court opined that the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo elephants lacked the standing for their release.

An animal rights group called the Nonhuman Rights Project had been trying to get five elephants freed from the Cheyenne ...

Five wild-born elephants that have long inhabited a 2-acre plot in a southern Colorado zoo will not be able to pursue their ...

Five elephants at Colorado's Cheyenne Mountain Zoo became the focus of a legal battle over their right to freedom. Animal ...

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.