A lawsuit has been filed by a nonhuman rights group against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo seeking to remove five elephants from the facility, claiming that the animals suffer chronic stress and health problems because of their captivity and environment.
A lawsuit has been filed by a nonhuman rights group against the
seeking to remove five elephants from the facility, claiming that the animals suffer chronic stress and health problems because of their captivity and environment.filed the lawsuit Wednesday in El Paso County District Court seeking legal rights for the elephants, according to an NhRP news release. The case is the first lawsuit filed in Colorado by the group.
Elephants Jambo, Kimba, LouLou, Lucky, and Missy were born in the wild in Africa, taken from herds as babies and imported to the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, the release said. “From the moment their adult family members were likely killed in front of them and they were sold off to be put on display and put to work in circuses and zoos, these elephants’ lives have consisted of one trauma after another,” said NhRP attorney Jake Davis. “We can see this today in the stereotypic behavior, indicative of brain damage and chronic stress, all the elephants have exhibited. Despite its $13.
The lawsuit seeks to have the elephants taken from the zoo and released to a sanctuary accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.
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