Elephants

A Connecticut appeals court <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Elephants.pdf">affirmed dismissal of a habeas petition</a></strong> from the Nonhuman Rights Project on behalf of three elephants confined in a zoo, as “the court reasonably found that elephants are not persons and lack standing to file a habeas petition.”

HARTFORD — A Connecticut appeals court affirmed dismissal of a habeas petition from the Nonhuman Rights Project on behalf of three elephants confined in a zoo, as “the court reasonably found that elephants are not persons and lack standing to file a habeas petition.”

Categories / Appeals, Civil Rights, Law

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