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The Colorado Supreme Court will consider whether animals are entitled to legal rights under federal law due to a Nonhuman Rights Project lawsuit over elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
On Thursday, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will be in front of the Colorado Supreme Court arguing if the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants should be turned over to an animal sanctuary.
Elephants allowed to remain at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo following Colorado Supreme Court ruling Colorado's highest court has ruled in favor of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after it was sued by an animal ...
On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that elephants do not have the same rights as humans after the Nonhuman Rights Project sued the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo over the conditions of its elephants.
The Colorado high court ruled in favor of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after an animal rights group alleged the park's elephants were 'unlawfully confined.' ...
However, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo argues that the district court's ruling was correct. They describe the NhRP as an out-of-state extremist group trying to set a legal precedent.
A court has rejected the notion that elephants are people, upholding a zoo's right to keep the animals after a yearslong legal scrap.
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants are not “legal persons” under the law, Colorado Supreme Court rules The Colorado Supreme Court upheld El Paso County District Court’s June ruling on Tuesday ...
The Colorado Supreme Court has issued an opinion on a case regarding five elephants cared for at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - The Colorado Supreme Court has sided with the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after an animal rights organization sued the group, alleging violations were made against five ...
The Nonhuman Rights Project stands in front of the Colorado Supreme Court Thursday to determine the outcome of five elephants in the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
A legal battle between Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and an animal rights organization is set to go before the Colorado Supreme Court on Thursday.