An animal rights non-profit, Nonhuman Rights Project, brought both cases on the elephants’ behalf under a legal doctrine known as “habeas corpus” saying the animals should live in sanctuaries. Citing ...

The high court rejected arguments that elephants qualify as “persons” under state law and suggested animal advocates turn to the legislative branch to expand legal rights.

The Colorado Supreme Court decided that elephants are not people, and don’t have the same rights. The state’s habeas corpus process, under which the claim was filed, only applies to people and not ...

The ruling, which was delivered last week, ends a 19-month legal battle. Animal rights non-profit Nonhuman Rights Project had filed the case on the elderly elephants’ behalf, arguing that they should ...

RELATED STORIES: Bronx Zoo Elephant In Legal Battle To Be Treated As A Human The case, led by the Nonhuman Rights Project, sought to move the elephants, Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo to an ...

The animal rights group, the Nonhuman Rights Project, argued that the elephants had a right to physical liberty and were illegally confined in the zoo, according to the ruling, submitting ...

Five elephants at Colorado's Cheyenne Mountain Zoo became the focus of a legal battle over their right to freedom. Animal rights activists argued the elephants, born in the wild, suffered mentally and ...

Animal rights non-profit Nonhuman Rights Project brought both cases on the elephants' behalf under a legal doctrine known as habeas corpus, saying the animals should live in sanctuaries.

The Colorado court dismissed the case, stating that elephants cannot file a writ of habeas corpus because they are not human. In this unanimous ruling, the court explained that the writ of habeas ...

Animal rights non-profit Nonhuman Rights Project brought both cases on the elephants’ behalf under a legal doctrine known as “habeas corpus”, saying the animals should live in sanctuaries.