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So, could a lawsuit involving an elephant change how we define a person under the law? look, that question's at the forefront of the case for the new york court of appeals as we speak. i'm going to introduce you to happy, a 50-year-old elephant who has lived in the bronx zoo for most of her life. a group called the non-human rights project is protect against unlawful detention of people, but what defines a person? she deserves person hood protections because she's highly intelligent and autonomous and self-aware. she was the first elephant to pass the so called mirror test which very few speci...

On greece. much appreciate it. up next, former homeland security secretary tom ridge. his fight on behalf of iranian exiles now living in iraq. plus, why he endorsed jon huntsman for president. a wounded elephant is back on his feet with the help of a new artificial leg. this is an amazing story. the five-year-old elephant was found injured and wandering the jungles of cambodia when wildlife experts nursed him back to health. in other animal kingdom news of the day, a whale of a tale for surfers in california. they got the surprise of their life when two humpback whales the size of a sch...