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What’s Next in the Legal Fight to #FreeHappy

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

Remarks by NhRP Attorneys Following Happy’s Historic Hearing

Amicus Support for the Fight to #FreeHappy

Foto de mona chorongo (Lagothrix lagotricha) por Evgenia Kononova (río Taruma, Brazil), Wikimedia

A Landmark Ruling for Animal Rights in Ecuador

Foto de mona chorongo (Lagothrix lagotricha) por Evgenia Kononova (río Taruma, Brazil), Wikimedia

Ecuador Recognizes Nonhuman Animals As Rightsholders

Foto de mona chorongo (Lagothrix lagotricha) por Evgenia Kononova (río Taruma, Brazil), Wikimedia

Constitutional Court of Ecuador Urged to Recognize Animals As Rightsholders

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

New York Court of Appeals Agrees to Hear Landmark Elephant Rights Case

NhRP Commends Dissenting Opinion in Colombian Nonhuman Rights Case

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

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.

NhRP Seeks Appeal in New York’s Highest Court in Happy’s Elephant Rights Case

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

First Department Issues Decision in New York Elephant Rights Case

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