Elephants are ‘majestic’ but cannot pursue legal case to leave Colorado zoo, says court
Because five mammals are not human, they do not have legal right to challenge detention, rules top state court
Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they are not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said on Tuesday.
The ruling from the Colorado supreme court follows a similar court defeat in New York in 2022 for an elephant named Happy at the Bronx zoo in a case brought by an animal rights group. Rulings in favor of the animals would have allowed lawyers for both Happy and the elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain zoo in Colorado Springs – Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo – to pursue a long-held legal process for prisoners to challenge their detention and possibly be sent to live in an elephant sanctuary instead.
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