The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that five elephants at a zoo do not have the legal rights to pursue their release, echoing a previous ruling in New York regarding another elephant named Happy. The decision centered on whether elephants qualify as 'persons' under habeas corpus law, which the court ruled they do not. The Nonhuman Rights Project sought their release due to concerns over the elephants’ well-being in captivity, while the zoo contended that relocating them could cause further distress.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that elephants do not have standing to claim legal personhood under habeas corpus, denying their request for release.
Animal rights advocates argue elephants, highly intelligent social creatures, should be allowed to challenge their detention, emphasizing their suffering in captivity.
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