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Argentine court recognizes dogs as rightsholders
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Fresno Superior Court to rule on petition to #FreeTheFresnoElephants
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A thank you to our supporters
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Argentine court recognizes cougar as rightsholder
![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)
Legal Fight to Free Happy the Elephant Continues in New York
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Supportive LA Times Op-Ed and Fresno Court Case Update
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The legal fight to #FreeHappy and the importance of dissent
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Lamenting a loss for Happy as we celebrate supportive dissents
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The Struggle to Gain an Elephant’s Right to Bodily Liberty
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The Radical and Unacceptable Opposition to Nonhuman Rights
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New Lawsuit Demands Right to Liberty, Sanctuary for Fresno Chaffee Zoo Elephants
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