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What We’re Asking for in Our Fight to #FreeHappy
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Zoom Seminar: Brief Filed with New York’s Highest Court in Landmark Elephant Rights Case
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Brief Filed with New York’s Highest Court in Landmark Elephant Rights Case
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Preparing for a Historic Hearing in the Fight to #FreeHappy
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What’s Coming Up in the Legal Fight to #FreeHappy
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NhRP Seminar Series: Animal Welfare vs. Nonhuman Rights
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New York Court of Appeals Agrees to Hear Landmark Elephant Rights Case
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NhRP Commends Dissenting Opinion in Colombian Nonhuman Rights Case
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Animal Law Professors Support New York Elephant Rights Case
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Catholic Theologians Support New York Elephant Rights Case
![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)
NhRP Seeks Appeal in New York’s Highest Court in Happy’s Elephant Rights Case
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