Elephants can’t sue to leave the zoo, court rules A Colorado court rejected efforts to free five elephants using a legal process for human detainees, writing that it “boils down to whether an ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Five elephants in a Colorado zoo could someday sue for their freedom, if the state’s Supreme Court sides with an animal rights group and declares them “persons” under the ...

Five elephants in a Colorado zoo could someday sue for their freedom, if the state’s Supreme Court sides with an animal rights group and declares them “persons” under the law. But first, the ...

Elephants denied ‘personhood’ must sue to leave zoo: Colorado Supreme Court The high court rejected arguments that elephants qualify as “persons” under state law and suggested animal advocates turn to ...

The L.A. Zoo is pausing its elephant program and sending Bill and Tina to the Tulsa Zoo, but animal rights advocates want the ailing giants to be sent to a sanctuary.

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.

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Five elephants in a Colorado zoo could someday sue for their freedom, if the state’s Supreme Court sides with an animal rights group and declares them “persons” under ...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Five elephants in a Colorado zoo could someday sue for their freedom, if the state’s Supreme Court sides with an animal rights group and declares them “persons” under ...

The NonHuman Rights Project says the elephants — Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo — should be able to use a process that's mainly for imprisoned people.

Colorado's highest court is considering whether five zoo elephants can challenge their confinement under a legal process mainly used by prisoners to dispute their detention.

Five elephants in a Colorado zoo could someday sue for their freedom, if the state’s Supreme Court sides with an animal rights group and declares them “persons” under the law. But first, the ...