DENVER (AP) — Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they're not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday.

A Kruger National Park elephant claimed the life of a tourist. South Africans discussed the attack and many offered their ...

A court has decided that since elephants are not people, the habeas corpus rule does not apply, The Associated Press reported. An animal rights group called the Nonhuman Rights Project had been ...

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.

While Justice Berkenkotter described the elderly African elephants as “majestic,” the court affirmed that legal protections under habeas corpus are strictly human rights. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo ...

Elephants may have exceptional memories, but they can forget about being endowed with human rights ... park in Colorado Springs kept five elderly African elephants named Missy, Kimba, Lucky ...

Elephants may have exceptional memories, but they can forget about being endowed with human rights. That's the finding of the Colorado Supreme Court ... filed the suit against the Cheyenne Mountain ...