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Elephants can't pursue their release from a Colorado zoo because they're not human, court says
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo shows elephants Kimba, front, and Lucky, back, at the Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Cheyenne Mountain Zoo via AP, File ...
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Colorado court rules elephants at zoo cannot pursue their release because they are not human
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 ...
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US Court Declares Elephants Can't Be Freed From Zoo As They're Not 'Human'
Elephants are regarded as one of the most intelligent animals. A US court has ruled that five elephants, currently being held at a Colorado zoo had no legal right to pursue their release since ...
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Colorado court rules elephants can't pursue release from zoo because they're not human
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.Video above ...
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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants are not “legal persons” under the law, Colorado Supreme Court rules
Activists with the Nonhuman Rights Project sued the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo last summer on behalf of the facility’s five elephants: Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo. The project’s ...
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Elephants Are Sentient. Why Won't Courts Admit They're People? | Opinion
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 ...
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Elephant Poo Poo Paper? An Expat’s Ingenious Alternative to Our Paper Waste Problem
Have you ever wondered what happens to that sticky note you scribbled on once and threw away? According to the American Forest & Paper Association, the amount of paper and ...
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Melbourne’s elephants test for deadly disease before big move to Werribee
An elephant calf opens its mouth wide on command for an oral inspection, tablet and drink. Another gets a trunk wash. And the herd's matriarch, Mek Kapah, offers up an ear to be swabbed for ...
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David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Elephant Man director, dies aged 78
Lynch found his first taste of mainstream critical acceptance with his 1980 biographical account of the life of Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man. The film, which starred John Hurt and Anthony ...
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Boy, 7, survives 5 days alone in African game park alongside lions, elephants
A missing 7-year-old boy survived five days alone in an African game park, alongside elephants and lions, in what Zimbabwean politicians are calling "a true miracle." Tinotenda Pudu spent nearly a ...
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Elephant Kills Spanish Tourist While She Was Bathing the Animal Alongside Her Boyfriend in Thailand: Reports
Federación Hípica de Castilla y León/Facebook A 22-year-old Spanish tourist was killed by an elephant in Thailand last week while she was bathing the animal at an elephant center, according to ...