Today the Colorado Supreme Court issued an opinion in our elephant rights case on behalf of five elephants held captive in the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Below is our statement.
This Colorado Supreme Court opinion perpetuates a clear injustice, stating that unless an individual is human they have no right to liberty, âno matter how cognitively, psychologically, or socially sophisticated they may be.â Future courts will reject this notion, as judges in the United States and around the world have already begun to do. As with other social justice movements, early losses are expected as we challenge an entrenched status quo that has allowed Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo to be relegated to a lifetime of mental and physical suffering. Weâll share further analysis of this opinion as well as our next steps in the coming days.
- Visit the elephantsâ client page including the elephantsâ biographies and information about the exhibit.
- Access photos and videos of the elephants for use in media coverage (credit: Molly Condit).