{"id":2358817,"date":"2024-10-24T08:35:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T12:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorados-highest-court-may-decide-if-elephants-are-persons-under-the-law\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T08:36:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T12:36:44","slug":"colorados-highest-court-may-decide-if-elephants-are-persons-under-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorados-highest-court-may-decide-if-elephants-are-persons-under-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado&#8217;s Highest Court May Decide If Elephants Are Persons Under the Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolorados-highest-court-may-decide-if-elephants-are-persons-under-the-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2358817&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In \u200dColorado Springs, \u200dan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heartland-republicans-unite-to-defend-meat-against-liberal-attack\/\" title=\"Heartland Republicans Unite to Defend Meat Against Liberal Attack\">animal rights group<\/a>, the NonHuman\u200b Rights Project, is advocating for\u2063 the release of five \u200bAfrican elephants\u200d from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. The group\u200b argues that the elephants,\u2064 who have lived within the \u200cconfines of \u200bthe zoo for decades, are\u2062 suffering from unlawful confinement and should be allowed to live in a sanctuary. The Colorado\u200c Supreme Court is set to hear arguments regarding whether these elephants can \u200dbe considered legal persons under the law, enabling them to challenge\u2064 their captivity through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-zero-in-on-jacksons-defense-of-guantanamo-bay-terrorists\/\" title=\"Republicans Zero In On Jackson\u2019s Defense Of Guantanamo Bay Terrorists\">habeas corpus petition<\/a>, a legal process typically used by prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>In support of their case, the\u200c group claims the elephants are enduring immense and unnecessary suffering, while a lawyer\u2064 representing \u2063them emphasized the \u2062need for judicial\u200b intervention. This legal battle follows a similar, unsuccessful case in New York involving an elephant named Happy, where the court\u2062 ruled that elephants do not qualify as persons under the \u200dlaw, which would impact societal\u2063 views on animal rights.<\/p>\n<p>The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo contends that relocating the elephants would be cruel due to \u200dtheir age and lack of social skills for larger herds, arguing that the animal rights group is\u200d seeking a broader precedent that could challenge the captivity\u2063 of any animal. The zoo expressed concern that this case\u2062 could lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">unintended \u2064consequences affecting pet ownership laws<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>DENVER (AP) &mdash; Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo have lived in Colorado Springs for decades in the elephant exhibit at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Now an animal rights group is trying to release the elephants from what they say is essentially a prison for such highly intelligent and social animals known to roam for miles a day in the wild. <\/p>\n<p>Colorado&rsquo;s highest court will hear arguments Thursday on whether the older African female elephants should be legally able to challenge their captivity under a long-held process used by prisoners to dispute their detention. The animal rights group NonHuman Rights Project says the animals are languishing while &ldquo;unlawfully confined&rdquo; at the zoo, and wants them released to an unspecified elephant sanctuary. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are suffering immensely and unnecessarily. Without judicial intervention, they are doomed to suffer day after day, year after year, for the rest of their lives,&rdquo; a lawyer for the group, Jake Davis, said in a May brief submitted to the Colorado Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>The main legal issue is whether or not the elephants are considered persons under the law, and therefore able to pursue a petition of habeas corpus challenging their detention. The NonHuman Rights project argues that legal personhood is not limited to humans. <\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is similar to an unsuccessful one the group filed challenging the confinement of an elephant named Happy at the Bronx Zoo in 2022. New York&rsquo;s Court of Appeals ruled that Happy, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/happy-the-elephant-personhood-ruling-e87eacdfa08ed4057255bf4b7623aaf4\">while intelligent and deserving of compassion<\/a>, cannot be considered a person illegally confined with the ability to pursue a petition seeking release.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The New York ruling said giving such rights to an elephant &ldquo;would have an enormous destabilizing impact on modern society&rdquo; and change how humans interact with animals. <\/p>\n<p>The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo says moving the elephants and potentially placing them with new animals would be cruel at their age, potentially causing them unnecessary stress. It says they are not used to being in larger herds and, based on its experience, they do not have the skills or desire to join them.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement ahead of Thursday&rsquo;s hearing, the zoo claimed the NonHuman Rights Project isn&rsquo;t concerned about the elephants but is just trying to create a judicial precedent that would allow the captivity of any animal to challenged.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We hope Colorado isn&rsquo;t the place that sets the slippery slope in motion of whether your beloved and well-cared-for dog or cat should have habeas corpus and would be required to &lsquo;go free,&rsquo; at the whim of someone else&rsquo;s opinion of them,&rdquo; it said. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has not reviewed this Associated Press story prior to publication. 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