DENVER — Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they’re not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday.

The number of tuberculosis cases linked to an outbreak in the Kansas City area continues to swell, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The outbreak, which began a year ...

Perth Zoo's last remaining female elephant, Permai, is on the road to her forever home at South Australia's Monarto Safari Park. On Monday morning she was loaded into her custom-built crate ...

The huge goon bag that made the whole of Perth laugh ...

Rose-Tu, the zoo’s beloved Asian elephant, is 20 months pregnant, meaning the arrival of Portland’s first gray, trunked baby in more than a decade may not be so far away. But will it be a ...

Elephants are regarded as one of the most intelligent animals. A US court has ruled that five elephants, currently being held at a Colorado zoo had no legal right to pursue their release since ...

It followed a similar decision in 2022 by New York state's highest court, the Court of Appeals, that another aged elephant, Happy, had to remain at New York City's Bronx Zoo. Animal rights non ...

Reuters A legal effort to have five elephants released from a US zoo was unsuccessful after judges ruled that animals do not qualify for protection under habeas corpus laws, which apply only to ...

That's the finding of the Colorado Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled against an animal rights group's lawsuit alleging a local zoo mistreated its elephants and caused them chronic frustration ...

Last October, the group sued the zoo over the welfare of its five elephants: Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo. The NhRP was claiming habeas corpus as the elephants' next friend. This term is ...