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  2. Elephants cannot sue to get out of the zoo, Colorado's top ...

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    Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the state's highest court said the animals have no legal right to demand their release because they are not human. Tuesday's ...

  3. Colorado zoo elephants have no right to seek freedom because ...

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    DENVER — Five elephants at a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their own freedom from a Colorado zoo, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday.

  4. Elephants are not human, Colorado high court rules for zoo in ...

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    The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled five elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo do not have human rights. Here, an elephant walks within the Kimana Sanctuary in Kenya, February 8, 2021.

  5. Elephant execution in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A purported photograph of the execution of an elephant named Mary in 1916. An elephant execution, sometimes called elephant lynching, is a pseudo-legal or performative public spectacle where a captive elephant is killed in order to punish it for being a "bad elephant" (behaviors that had, threatened, injured, or killed humans).

  6. Animal welfare in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Horse tripping is a controversial charreada event banned in nine US states. [70] The welfare of animals in rodeo has been a topic of discussion for the industry, the public, and the law for decades. Protests were first raised in the 1870s, and, in the middle twentieth century, laws were enacted to curb events using animals. [71]

  7. Timeline of animal welfare and rights in the United States

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    No significant regulations on animal experimentation are passed in the US during this period. [7] 1889: George Angell founds the American Humane Education Society. [28] 1907: Every state in the union has anti-cruelty statutes. [7] 1910: Massachusetts passes a law to allow the Massachusetts SPCA to inspect slaughterhouses. [7] 1922

  8. Elephants Not Allowed to Petition for Release in the U ... - AOL

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    Outrage erupted among animal welfare activists after Colorado courts ruled that five captive elephants could not petition for release. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 ...

  9. Captive elephants - Wikipedia

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    An elephant painting A temple elephant being washed at a Hindu temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu Elephant from Wirth's Circus in a Sydney street parade (1938). Elephants have the largest brains of all land animals, and ever since the time of Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, [13] have been renowned for their cognitive skills, with behavioural patterns shared with humans.