{"id":758032,"date":"2019-08-22T08:12:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T12:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=758032"},"modified":"2019-08-22T08:12:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T12:12:35","slug":"until-every-cage-is-empty-connecticut-court-rejects-appeal-in-elephant-rights-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=758032","title":{"rendered":"UNTIL EVERY CAGE IS EMPTY: Connecticut court rejects appeal in elephant rights case"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>Judge: Allowing the elephants to use habeas corpus laws would allow highly intelligent, if not all, nonhuman animals the right to bring suit in a court of law. At this juncture, we decline to make such sweeping pronouncements.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>DAVE COLLINS:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Advocates for human rights for animals lost another legal battle Friday in their efforts to free three elephants from a Connecticut petting zoo. A three-judge panel of the Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a lower court and rejected an appeal by the Nonhuman Rights Project, which had filed a habeas corpus petition on behalf of the elephants.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The group, based in Coral Springs, Florida, alleged elephants Beulah, Minnie and Karen were being detained illegally in &#8220;deplorable&#8221; conditions at the Goshen-based Comerford Zoo and wanted them moved to a natural habitat sanctuary. The judges determined the group did not have legal standing to sue on behalf of the elephants, who themselves would not have standing to sue because they&#8217;re not human.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Judge Christine Keller wrote that allowing the elephants to use habeas corpus laws &#8220;would require us to upend this state&#8217;s legal system to allow highly intelligent, if not all, nonhuman animals the right to bring suit in a court of law. At this juncture, we decline to make such sweeping pronouncements when there exists so little authority for doing so.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>A spokeswoman for the Nonhuman Rights Project said members are reviewing the ruling before deciding whether to appeal to the state Supreme Court&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theday.com\/article\/20190816\/NWS12\/190819531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MVryN9XkgUM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVE COLLINS: &#8216;Advocates for human rights for animals lost another legal battle Friday in their efforts to free three elephants from a Connecticut petting zoo. 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