In a legal first, Colorado’s highest court is hearing arguments Thursday on whether five African elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo should be able to challenge their captivity.
The NonHuman Rights Project, an animal rights group, has alleged that five female elephants who have lived at the Colorado Springs facility for decades are being unlawfully confined “in violation of their common law right to bodily liberty” as protected by habeas corpus. Habeaus corpus is a law that protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment.
