The group also referenced the district court's ruling, which also was in favor of the zoo despite agreeing with NhRP that the elephants "cannot function normally in captivity." NhRP appealed to ...

I’d like to urge The Gazette to help the Nonhuman Rights Project fight for the freedom of the five elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Elephants are highly intelligent animals that are adept ...

What's more, breeding in captivity is a disaster. In a heartbreaking statistic, captive elephant pregnancies (most artificially inseminated) have a 40 percent infant mortality rate. That's not ...

A court has rejected the notion that elephants are people, upholding a zoo's right to keep the animals after a yearslong legal scrap.

From Great White Shark to Javan Rhino, here’s a list of animals that you’ll never find at a zoo.

Asia's first hyper-realistic animatronic elephant, Ellie, educates students on animal welfare and urges kindness towards ...

Wildlife advocates have long argued that keeping animals in captivity can cause suffering, even in facilities that aim to teach visitors about ecology and daily care. “A big part of our ...

"As required in ruling on a motion to dismiss, the court accepted the allegations in NRP's Petition as true, including its assertion that elephants cannot function normally in captivity.

Two kumki elephants (elephants in captivity used to tame and train wild elephants) have been deployed to patrol the area, monitor the movements of the rescued tusker and ensure it does not come ...