Judge rules elephants can't pursue release from zoo because "an elephant is not a person"
"The legal question here boils down to whether an elephant is a person," stated the Colorado Supreme Court. "And because an elephant is not a person, the elephants here do not have standing to bring a habeas corpus claim."
The court was ruling on whether lawyers Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jamb—elephants in captivity …
