An unusual story you may have heard claims the Colorado Supreme Court has taken the time to rule that elephants are not ...

Five wild-born elephants that have long inhabited a 2-acre plot in a southern Colorado zoo will not be able to pursue their ...

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

Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the state's highest court said the animals have no ...

History will look upon this ruling as a grave injustice,” animal law professor and director of the Animal Activist Legal ...

The Colorado Supreme Court has unanimously sided with the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZoo) in a lawsuit deemed “frivolous” by ...

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

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but do not have the legal right to pursue their release since they aren't ...

The court ruled Tuesday that elephants couldn't be released because animals don't have the same rights as humans. The group that filed the suit said that the animals were experiencing stress, physical ...

Elephants may have exceptional memories, but they can forget about being endowed with human rights. That's the finding of the Colorado Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled against an animal ...

The state’s highest court has ruled elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo were not included in state liberty statutes because they are not considered a person.

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.