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.

Molly Condit On Tuesday, Colorado’s highest court ruled that five elderly African elephants do not have legal standing to sue to leave a local zoo, because they aren’t human. The Supreme Court ...

Elephants are regarded as one of the most intelligent animals. A US court has ruled that five elephants, currently being held at a Colorado zoo had no legal right to pursue their release since ...

A lawsuit arguing elephants should be freed from a zoo has failed in court, with the judge ruling that "majestic" mammals do not have the same rights as humans. The zoo welcomed the outcome but ...

That's the finding of the Colorado Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled against an animal rights group's lawsuit alleging a local zoo mistreated its elephants and caused them chronic frustration ...

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo called the lawsuit that was filed frivolous. “As we had hoped, all six participating Colorado Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled in our favor. The Nonhuman Rights ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) - The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that elephants do not have the same rights as humans. The ruling comes after the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a lawsuit ...