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== Legal cases == | == Legal cases == | ||
=== Cheyenne Mountain Zoo === | |||
On June 29, 2023 filed a habeas corpus petition in the 4th Judicial District Court demanding the release to a sanctuary of five female elephants, Jambo, Kimba, Kimba Lou, Luck and Missy currently held in captivity at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cheyenne-mountain-zoo-responds-to-lawsuit-filed-by-nonhuman-rights-project/ar-AA1dgPv1 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo responds to lawsuit filed by Nonhuman Rights Project] MSN</ref> | On June 29, 2023 filed a habeas corpus petition in the 4th Judicial District Court demanding the release to a sanctuary of five female elephants, Jambo, Kimba, Kimba Lou, Luck and Missy currently held in captivity at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cheyenne-mountain-zoo-responds-to-lawsuit-filed-by-nonhuman-rights-project/ar-AA1dgPv1 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo responds to lawsuit filed by Nonhuman Rights Project] MSN</ref> | ||
=== Bronx Zoo === | |||
In 2018, the Nonhuman Rights Project brought a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Happy, an elephant residing at the Bronx Zoo, seeking recognition of her fundamental right to bodily liberty and transfer to an elephant sanctuary. Happy became the first elephant in the world to be granted a hearing to determine the lawfulness of her captivity.<ref>[https://www.nonhumanrights.org/blog/appeal-granted-in-landmark-elephant-rights-case/ New York Court of Appeals Agrees to Hear Landmark Elephant Rights Case] Nonhuman Rights Project Blog</ref> However, the New York Court of Appeals ultimately rejected the argument that Happy was being illegally confined at the zoo and ruled that she is not legally a person under US law.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61803958 Happy the elephant is not a person, New York court rules] BBC News</ref> | |||
=== Tommy, Kiko, Hercules, and Leo === | |||
In 2013, the Nonhuman Rights Project filed petitions in three trial courts in the state of New York demanding that common law writs of habeas corpus be issued on behalf of four captive chimpanzees – Tommy, Kiko, Hercules, and Leo. Tommy was a privately owned chimpanzee living in a cage in a shed on a used trailer lot in Gloversville, NY; Kiko was a privately owned chimpanzee living on private property in Niagara Falls, NY; and Hercules and Leo were two chimpanzees owned by the New Iberia Research Center and loaned to the Anatomy Department at Stony Brook University for use in locomotion research. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||