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Author: Lauren Choplin

Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fence of an enclosure in the Bronx Zoo
Lauren Choplin

Brief Filed with New York’s Highest Court in Landmark Elephant Rights Case

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A group of young elephants gather freely in a grassy field while zebras graze behind them.
Lauren Choplin

What’s Coming Up in the Legal Fight to #FreeHappy

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Today a group of philosophers submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of the NhRP's chimpanzee rights cases on behalf of Tommy and Kiko.
Lauren Choplin

Where is Tommy the Chimp?

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Lauren Choplin

Palliative Animal Law

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A side view of Happy the elephant standing near the section of fencing that separates her from Patty the elephant in the Bronx Zoo's elephant exhibit. Credit: Gigi Glendinning
Lauren Choplin

Meditations on loneliness with the Bronx Zoo’s 50-year-old Elephas maximus

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

Animal Law Professors Support New York Elephant Rights Case

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

Recap of Oral Arguments in Happy’s Elephant Rights Case

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

For refusing to #FreeHappy, Bronx Zoo has only itself to blame

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Lauren Choplin

An idea whose time has come

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Lauren Choplin

New Podcast Series on Happy’s Elephant Rights Case

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Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fence of an enclosure in the Bronx Zoo
Lauren Choplin

Online Seminar: Fighting for Happy’s Right to Liberty

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Lauren Choplin

The Latest in Happy’s Elephant Rights Case

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