An animal rights group has filed a lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium and is demanding the zoo release its elephants.

The Nonhuman Rights Project, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, has filed a legal petition in Allegheny County, demanding the release of five elephants held at the Pittsburgh Zoo.

The filing of the lawsuit comes less than one week after the zoo announced that elephants Victoria and Zuri, will be moved to its breeding center in Fairhope.

The organization is also seeking a court order to stop that transfer until the case is decided.

The elephants named in the petition are Angeline, Savanna, Tasha, Victoria, and Zuri.

A photo from the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium shows elephants Victoria and Zuri on the move. Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium

The group argues that ea

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