科罗拉多法院裁定大象无权寻求动物园释放，因为它们不是人类
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A court in the American state of Colorado has ruled against an animal rights group seeking the release of five elephants from a zoo.
美国科罗拉多州的一家法院裁定动物权利组织败诉，该组织试图让五头大象从动物园获释。
Lawyers for the group Nonhuman Rights Project were seeking to use a legal process designed for prisoners to dispute their imprisonment.
非人类权利项目的律师们试图利用一项为囚犯设计的法律程序来质疑他们的监禁。
A favorable ruling would have permitted the lawyers to dispute the animals’ detention at the zoo.
一项有利的裁决本可以让律师们对动物园拘留这些动物一事提出异议。
The elephants Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo live at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
大象米西、金巴、拉基、露露和詹博住在夏延山动物园。
The Nonhuman Rights Project’s final goal was to get them moved to an elephant sanctuary.
非人类权利项目的最终目标是将它们转移到大象保护区。
But the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the legal process the group employed could not be used for the animals.
但科罗拉多州最高法院裁定，该组织所采用的法律程序不能用于这些动物。
“…Because an elephant is not a person, the elephants here do not have standing to bring a habeas corpus claim,” the court said in the ruling.
法院在裁决中表示：“……因为大象不是人，所以这里的大象没有资格提起人身保护令申请。”
A habeas corpus claim usually asks a court for the release of a prisoner who says they are being illegally detained.
人身保护令申请通常是请求法院释放声称自己被非法拘留的囚犯。
The decision follows a similar finding by a court in New York in 2022.
这一决定与2022年纽约法院的类似裁决相呼应。
Nonhuman Rights Project also brought that case.
非人类权利项目也参与了那起案件。
The legal action concerned Happy, an elephant at the Bronx Zoo.
这起法律诉讼涉及布朗克斯动物园的一头大象，名叫“快乐”。
The Colorado elephants were born in the wild in Africa.
科罗拉多象出生于非洲的野外。
The rights group said the animals have shown signs of brain damage because the zoo is like a prison.
该权利组织表示，由于动物园如同监狱，这些动物已显现出脑损伤的迹象。
It wanted the animals released to one of the two accredited elephant sanctuaries in the United States.
它希望将这些动物放归到美国两家获得认证的大象保护区之一。
The group said it does not believe the animals would survive in the wild.
该组织表示，他们认为这些动物无法在野外生存。
The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo argued that moving the elephants might result in their placement with new animals.
夏延山动物园认为，转移大象可能会导致它们被安置到新的动物群体中。
The Zoo said it could cause them unnecessary stress and would be cruel considering the age of the elephants.
动物园表示，考虑到大象的年龄，这样做可能会给它们带来不必要的压力，并且显得残忍。
It said the five elephants are not used to being in large groups.
报道称，这五头大象不习惯处于大的群体中。
And it argued that the elephants do not have the skills or desire to join one, based on observations of the animals.
并且根据对大象的观察，认为它们不具备加入此类群体的技能或意愿。
The zoo welcomed the court’s ruling.
动物园对法院的裁决表示欢迎。
But it also said it was disappointed that there had to be a legal fight over the issue.
但它也表示，对于不得不就此问题进行法律斗争感到失望。
The zoo accused the Nonhuman Rights Project of “abusing court systems" to raise money.
动物园指控“非人类权利项目”通过“滥用法院系统”来筹集资金。
The Nonhuman Rights Project said the latest ruling "perpetuates a clear injustice.
非人类权利项目表示，最新的裁决“延续了明显的不公。
” It predicted that future courts would reject the idea that only humans have a right to liberty.
它预测未来的法院将拒绝只有人类才享有自由权这一观点。
“As with other social justice movements, early losses are expected,” the organization said in a statement.
该组织在一份声明中表示：“与其他社会正义运动一样，早期的失败是在所难免的。”
It added that current legal policy has permitted Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo “to be relegated to a lifetime of mental and physical suffering.”
该组织补充说，现行法律政策允许米西、金巴、幸运、露露和詹博“陷入终身的身心痛苦之中”。
I’m Caty Weaver.
我是凯蒂·韦弗。
The Associated Press reported this story.
美联社报道了这一事件。
Caty Weaver adapted it for VOA Learning English.
凯蒂·韦弗为VOA英语学习频道改编了它。
