We’ve learned the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the Bronx Zoo where our client Happy is held alone in captivity, will have an Interim President and CEO starting Oct. 8th. You can help #FreeHappy and #FreePatty (the other elephant held alone in captivity in the Bronx Zoo) by using this form to send a message to Robert Menzi, urging him to send them to sanctuaries and follow through on the Bronx Zoo’s 2006 pledge to close the captive elephant program for good following the deaths of one or more elephants (which happened in 2018 when Maxine was euthanized).
Meanwhile, the legal fight to free Happy continues as we wait for New York’s highest court to rule on our motion asking it to reconsider the legally wrong decision it issued in June. We expect the Court to rule any day now. Regardless of what happens next, the two powerful dissents will help us help elephants and other nonhuman animals for years to come, just as dissents have done in other movements for fundamental rights. NhRP Staff Attorney Jake Davis explains how here.
Also, a group of dedicated New York activists who were with us in Albany for Happy’s historic hearing have taken up the local grassroots campaign to free Happy and Patty by holding monthly protests at the Bronx Zoo. To join their next protest on Oct. 16th, visit their Facebook event page or email campaigns@nonhumanrights.org.
Thank you!
“A gilded cage is still a cage.” – New York Court of Appeals Judge Jenny Rivera
For a detailed timeline of Happy’s case, court filings, and decisions, visit this page. Find all the latest on the fight for Happy’s freedom and ways to take action on our #FreeHappy campaign page.