The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZoo) is giving the public a chance to listen to live music, feed a giraffe, and enjoy an adult beverage on the mountainside on Thursday, June 26.

The group alleged that the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s five elephants—named Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo—were “unlawfully confined,” according to the ruling.

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo called the lawsuit that was filed frivolous. “As we had hoped, all six participating Colorado Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled in our favor.

Elephants can't pursue release because they are not people, court rules An animal rights group brought a lawsuit on behalf of five elephants from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs in a ...

For now, Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo will remain at the zoo. Update 1/23/25, 12:28 p.m. ET: The article was updated with comments from Christopher Berry.

If the court had ruled in their favor, the elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs — Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo — could have pursued a legal process that allows ...

Rulings in favor of the animals would have allowed lawyers for both Happy and the elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs — Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo — to pursue ...

Elephants are not human, Colorado high court rules for zoo in animal rights group's suit The Nonhuman Rights Project alleged the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo kept five elderly African elephants named ...

An animal rights group had sought to have the African elephants, Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo, freed from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and moved to an elephant sanctuary, citing a legal process ...