The Washington D.C.-based Nonhuman Rights Project argues that chimpanzees at the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula ...

An animal rights group has asked the courts to decide whether five elephants that have lived at the same Colorado zoo for decades are considered persons under the law. The NonHuman Rights Project ...

The suit urges the court to reverse an appellate decision that affirmed chimps do not have the right to liberty under state ...

Nonhuman animals are not "things": A move to make them "persons" Nonhuman animals (animals) are considered to be mere property in most legal systems in the world. While things are slowly getting ...

A legal battle between Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and an animal rights organization is set to go before the Colorado Supreme Court on Thursday. The high court will hear oral arguments from the Colorado ...

The Colorado Supreme Court struck down a national animal rights organization’s ninth attempt to declare animals legal persons in court and secure them the right to challenge their confinement and ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) - The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that elephants do not have the same rights as humans. The ruling comes after the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a lawsuit ...

An elephant at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado is shown behind a fence. (screengrab via KCNC-TV) Colorado’s top court ruled Tuesday that five elephants confined in a local zoo do not have the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a national animal rights organization’s ninth attempt to declare animals legal persons in court and secure ...