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Earlier this year, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo had to euthanize Malaika, another elephant at the zoo, who had been suffering for years from mobility issues. She was 37, barely middle-aged for an ...
COLORADO SPRINGS — The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has a movie star in its midst. Malaika, a female African elephant, arrived at the zoo in December after 21 years in the hands of a private owner ...
Five elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo may be “majestic” but do not have the legal right to pursue their release since they aren't human. That was the ruling Tuesday from Colorado’s ...
Elephants allowed to remain at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo following Colorado Supreme Court ruling 01:31. Colorado's highest court has ruled in favor of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after it was sued by an ...
Elephants are not human, Colorado high court rules for zoo in animal rights group's suit The Nonhuman Rights Project alleged the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo kept five elderly African elephants named ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo have lived in Colorado Springs for decades in the elephant exhibit at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Now an animal rights group is ...
A 33-year-old African elephant named Malaika at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs received some help from firefighters after she was found lying on her side. She was unable to stand up ...
For the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the ruling represents a victory that reinforces its care practices for the elephants, which it argues are tailored to their specific needs as aging animals ...
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo leaders celebrated the outcome while sharply criticizing the Nonhuman Rights Project in a statement Tuesday. “The courts have proven now five times that their approach isn ...
A 7,700-pound elephant lying on her side at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo was hoisted to her feet early Monday by an emergency response team. “If an elephant can’t get up on its own and is down ...
The Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday from the NonHuman Rights Project and the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo ...
Two new elephants have joined the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after more than a month of anticipation. Missy and Kimba Lou, both elderly female elephants from the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City, Kan ...