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    800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ... The group requested the court transfer the five Colorado elephants to one of the state’s two ...

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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 ...

  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. Animal rights by country or territory - Wikipedia

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    The United States of America is the only country in the world that has banned killing horses for consumption, [citation needed] and India have banned killing cows for consumption in some of its states. [citation needed] Cow is the national animal of Nepal and cow slaughter is a punishable offense as per the prevailing law.

  6. Animal Welfare Act of 1966 - Wikipedia

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    The Animal Welfare Act (Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966, Pub. L. 89–544) was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 24, 1966. [1] It is the main federal law in the United States that regulates the treatment of animals in research and exhibition. Other laws, policies, and guidelines may include additional species ...

  7. Animal welfare in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The controversial practice of circus animal acts is legal in the US. [62] In 2015 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced it will phase out its use of elephants by 2018, [63] but ended up shutting down in 2017. In May 2022, the circus announced it would resume touring in 2023 without the use of animals.

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

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    This law creates the crime of "animal enterprise terrorism" for those who damage or cause the loss of property of an animal enterprise. [36] 2002: The AWA is amended to redefine the term "animal" in the law to match the USDA regulations, i.e. to exclude birds, mice, and rats. [11] 2002: Florida becomes the first state to ban gestation crates ...

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