In January, six justices of the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously ruled that five elderly African elephants were not people.

The NonHuman Rights Project claims the animals are "suffering immensely" and should be able to challenge their own captivity. The zoo says the animal rights group isn't concerned about the ...

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 ...

The ruling comes after the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a lawsuit against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo over the conditions the animals. Last October, the group sued the zoo over the welfare of its ...

The animal rights group NonHuman Rights Project says the animals are languishing while “unlawfully confined” at the zoo, and wants them released to an unspecified elephant sanctuary.

The ruling comes after the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a lawsuit against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo over the conditions the animals. Last October, the group sued the zoo over the welfare of its five ...