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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

Lamenting a loss for Happy as we celebrate supportive dissents

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Nonhuman Rights

What’s Next in the Legal Fight to #FreeHappy

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

Remarks by NhRP Attorneys Following Happy’s Historic Hearing

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Happy stands before a gate in the Bronx Zoo elephant exhibit.
Steven Wise

The Struggle to Gain an Elephant’s Right to Bodily Liberty

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Happy stands before a gate in the Bronx Zoo elephant exhibit.
Spencer Lo

The Radical and Unacceptable Opposition to Nonhuman Rights

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Lauren Choplin

Meet the Attorney Who’ll Argue Happy’s Historic Elephant Rights Case

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A photo of Vusmusi the elephant standing in a yard at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo
Jake Davis

New Lawsuit Demands Right to Liberty, Sanctuary for Fresno Chaffee Zoo Elephants

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Courtney Fern

Join Us For A Historic Nonhuman Rights Hearing and Rally

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Nonhuman Rights

Amicus Support for the Fight to #FreeHappy

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A photo taken from the Bronx Zoo monorail of Happy the elephant wrapping her trunk around the fencing of her enclosure
Courtney Fern

Join Us: Rally at the Bronx Zoo to #FreeHappy

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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

New York’s Highest Court Schedules Arguments in Elephant Rights Case

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A photograph of Happy the elephant standing in the Bronx Zoo elephant exhibit (October 2021)
Lauren Choplin

NhRP Reply to AZA Arguments in Legal Fight to #FreeHappy

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