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NY's top court to consider 'personhood' of Happy the elephant FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2018 file photo, Bronx Zoo elephant "Happy" feeds inside the zoo's Asia habitat in New York. On Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, animal rights advocates have lost a bid seeking to get Happy declared to have human-like rights and transferred to a sanctuary, though a judge said the case for sending the pachyderm to a sanctuary was "extremely persuasive." Judge Allison Tuitt dismissed the Nonhuman Rights Project's petition arguing that Happy the elephant is "unlawfully imprisoned" a...

Appeals court sides with Bronx Zoo over Happy the elephant RADIO.COM 12/18/2020 © Provided by RADIO.COM NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- The Bronx Zoo's Happy the elephant is not a human being, according to a New York state appellate court that upheld a lower court ruling finding the animal is not a person and not being illegally imprisoned. Happy the elephant has lived at the Bronx Zoo for more than 40 years, but the animal rights group the Nonhuman Rights Project has been trying to move her. "If you want to take a look at a really depressed elephant, go to the Bronx Zoo and go visit Happy," the g...

Happy the elephant to stay at Bronx Zoo after animal rights group loses court challenge © Provided by WCBS Radio New York NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — The Bronx Zoo's Happy the elephant is not a human being, according to a New York state appellate court that upheld a lower court ruling finding the animal is not a person and not being illegally imprisoned. Happy the elephant has lived at the Bronx Zoo for more than 40 years, but the animal rights group the Nonhuman Rights Project has been trying to move her. "If you want to take a look at a really depressed elephant, go to the Bronx Zoo and go vi...

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