The court rejected a case to send five African elephants to a sanctuary, saying they have no legal right to demand release ...

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

"Because an elephant is not a person, the elephants here do not have standing to bring a habeas corpus claim," the court ...

The ruling, which was delivered last week, ends a 19-month legal battle. Animal rights non-profit Nonhuman Rights Project had filed the case on the elderly elephants’ behalf, arguing that they should ...

An animal rights non-profit, Nonhuman Rights Project, brought both cases on the elephants’ behalf under a legal doctrine known as “habeas corpus” saying the animals should live in sanctuaries.

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

Both cases were brought by Nonhuman Rights Project, an animal rights group. The group argued that the elephants in the Colorado case, which were born in the wild in Africa, have displayed signs of ...

An animal rights non-profit, Nonhuman Rights Project, brought both cases on the elephants' behalf under a legal doctrine known as "habeas corpus," saying the animals should live in sanctuaries. Citing ...

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