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Author: Lauren Choplin

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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Free elephant holding branch in trunk - Sarah Vallance
Lauren Choplin

The New Yorker Explores Our Legal Fight to #FreeHappy

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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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Lauren Choplin

“The most important animal-rights case of the 21st century”

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

New Briefs Submitted in Support of Happy the Elephant’s Right to Liberty

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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

The Latest Briefs in 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

World-Renowned Philosopher Martha Nussbaum Supports 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

National Geographic Feature on the 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.
Lauren Choplin

What We’re Asking for in Our Fight to #FreeHappy

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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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