(Photo Courtesy of the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium of its elephants Victoria and Zuri moving around)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) The Nonhuman Rights Project, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., recently filed a lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium to demand that the zoo should release five of its elephants. The petition was filed in Allegheny County and the elephants mentioned in it are Angeline, Savanna, Tasha, Victoria, and Zuri. The Nonhuman Rights Project argues that due to their confinement, these elephants are suffering both psychologically and physically and that these animals are being deprived of their freedom. The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium also announced less than a week before this lawsuit against them was filed that Victoria and Zuri will be moved to its breeding center located in Fairhope. The Nonhuman Rights Project is also seeking a court order to stop these two elephants from moving until the decision of this case is made.