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

Elephants are highly intelligent animals that are adept at communication, using as many as 47 different call types and more ...

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.

"Because an elephant is not a person, the elephants here do not have standing to bring a habeas corpus claim," the court ...

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 to a ...

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

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ( KKTV /Gray News) - The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that elephants do not have the same rights as ...

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.

The Colorado Supreme Court has rejected the idea that elephants are entitled to the same rights as humans. Colorado law ...

The Colorado high court ruled in favor of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after an animal rights group alleged the park's elephants ...