Within the Amboseli ecosystem that straddles southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, only about 10 of these large-tusked elephants remain ... a 51-year-old bull, who is currently the oldest, largest ...

Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the US state’s highest court said the animals had no legal right to demand their release because they are not human.

A court has ruled that five elephants being held in a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release, because they are not human. An animal rights group brought a lawsuit on ...

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 ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) - The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that elephants do not have the same rights as humans. The ruling comes after the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a lawsuit ...

On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that five wild-born zoo elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo do not have a right to liberty. The lawsuit, filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP ...

Stock image: Legal and law concept statue of Lady Justice with scales of justice and office background (main) and an African elephant roaming Amboseli National Park in Kenya (inset). Stock image ...

The zoo argued moving the elephants and potentially placing them with new animals would be cruel at their age, possibly causing unnecessary stress. Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” ...

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release because they are not human, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The court said the decision "does not ...

Colorado’s highest court on Tuesday ruled that five elderly elephants don’t have legal standing to sue to leave a local zoo because they’re not human. An animal rights group had sought to ...

Court says elephants not human, cannot seek freedom Animal rights group says decision perpetuates an injustice Zoo called lawsuit frivolous, cites earlier rulings Jan 22 (Reuters) - Five elderly ...

An animal rights group had filed to move five elephants from a Colorado zoo (file photo) A bid to free five elephants from a Colorado zoo has been rejected after a court ruled elephants are not ...