PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Zoo in Portland has welcomed its newest addition, a baby elephant. Thirty-year-old Asian ...

DENVER (AP) — Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they’re not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said ...

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they’re not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday.

Across the 80-acre City Park zoo, zebras will be tucked away in their paddocks, wolves will be counting sheep in their sleep and giraffes will be nestled in their barn. Ulaq and Berit will be sleeping ...

That's the finding of the Colorado Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled against an animal rights group's lawsuit alleging a local zoo mistreated its elephants and caused them chronic frustration ...

Last October, the group sued the zoo over the welfare of its five elephants: Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo. The NhRP was claiming habeas corpus as the elephants' next friend. This term is ...