Elephants are not people, court rules
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Only in the USA...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15znkk12xjo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15znkk12xjo
BBC said:
A bid to free five elephants from a Colorado zoo has been rejected after a court ruled elephants are not people.
An animal rights group argued Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo were effectively imprisoned at the zoo, and had filed to have them moved to an elephant sanctuary.
It tried to bring a habeas corpus claim on behalf of the animals - a legal process which allows a person to challenge their detention in court.
The Colorado Supreme Court said the matter boiled down to "whether an elephant is a person" and therefore had the same liberty rights as a human - ultimately deciding that they did not.
It ruled 6-0 in favour of a previous district court decision that said the state's habeas corpus process "only applies to persons, and not to nonhuman animals".
An animal rights group argued Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo were effectively imprisoned at the zoo, and had filed to have them moved to an elephant sanctuary.
It tried to bring a habeas corpus claim on behalf of the animals - a legal process which allows a person to challenge their detention in court.
The Colorado Supreme Court said the matter boiled down to "whether an elephant is a person" and therefore had the same liberty rights as a human - ultimately deciding that they did not.
It ruled 6-0 in favour of a previous district court decision that said the state's habeas corpus process "only applies to persons, and not to nonhuman animals".
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