![Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fencing of her enclosure in the Bronx Zoo's elephant exhibit.](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Happy-3045-768x512.jpg)
Book about nonhuman rights nominated for Eisner Award
![A photo of a white woman smiling in front of leafy foliage. She is wearing a red t-shirt with a design of a mother and baby cow.](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jennifer-Brunk-for-blog-768x432.png)
Staff Spotlight: Jennifer Brunk
![A photo of elephants LouLou and Missy standing in the barn at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/LouLou-and-Missy-inside-barn-600x300-1.jpg)
Civil Rights Group to Colorado’s Highest Court: Zoo Elephants Are Entitled to a Hearing and the Right to Bodily Liberty
Statement on Dismissal of Hawaii Elephant Rights Case
![A photo of Nolwazi and her daughter Amahle standing in the elephant exhibit at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/na-6386-768x512.jpg)
Statement on Denial of California Habeas Corpus Petition
![A photo of chimpanzees in what appears to be a cement-and-chain-link outdoor housing structure at the DeYoung Family Zoo in Michigan.](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Chimpanzees-in-DFZ-enclosure-August-2023-.png)
Lawsuit Seeks Right to Liberty for Chimpanzees in Michigan Roadside Zoo
![A photo of Kimba the elephant standing in a dirt yard as taken through a wire fence from an elevated walkway](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Kimba_061323_GBM22630-768x512.jpg)
Statement on Dismissal of Colorado Habeas Corpus Petition
![Elephants Mari and Vaigai stand in a mostly dirt pen in the Honolulu Zoo elephant exhibit](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Mari-and-Vaigai-Honolulu-Zoo-Elephant-Exhibit.png)
Lawsuit Seeks Right to Liberty for Honolulu Zoo Elephants
![Elephant and baby](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/header_bg_other_2022-768x370.webp)
California City Passes Historic Animal Rights Legislation
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Civil rights group seeks hearing in California’s highest court on behalf of Fresno Chaffee Zoo elephants
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