Judge Rules Elephant Is Not a 'Person,' Will Not Be Freed From NYC Zoo
Activists have argued that the elephant is lonely and should be able to sue under habeus corpus rights.
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Activists have argued that the elephant is lonely and should be able to sue under habeus corpus rights.
A court case about a Bronx Zoo elephant explores this question.
Lawyers representing Happy the elephant say that is an autonomous and cognitively complex animal entitled to the same rights as people.
New York’s top court will hear the case of Happy the elephant’s bid for personhood and release from the Bronx Zoo in New York City on May 18.
Praeclara, a partnership between Second Presbyterian Church and Wildwood Park for Arts, stages the musical "Sister Act" 8 p.m. Friday and April 8-9 and 3 p.m. Sunday and April 10 at the Lucy Lockett Cabe Festival Theatre at Wildwood in Little Rock.