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Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fencing of her enclosure in the Bronx Zoo's elephant exhibit.

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.

Staff Spotlight: Jennifer Brunk

A photo of elephants LouLou and Missy standing in the barn at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

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

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.

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

Statement on Dismissal of Colorado Habeas Corpus Petition

Elephants Mari and Vaigai stand in a mostly dirt pen in the Honolulu Zoo elephant exhibit

Lawsuit Seeks Right to Liberty for Honolulu Zoo Elephants 

Elephant and baby

California City Passes Historic Animal Rights Legislation

Civil rights group seeks hearing in California’s highest court on behalf of Fresno Chaffee Zoo elephants

A photo of Nolwazi and her daughter Amahle standing in the elephant exhibit at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo

Two Fresno Chaffee Zoo elephants are pregnant

A photo of elephants LouLou and Missy standing in the barn at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Lawsuit Seeks Legal Right for Colorado Zoo Elephants

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