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A photo of Happy lying on her side on a patch of dirt in The Bronx Zoo elephant exhibit yard
News

Happy the elephant reappears in Bronx Zoo exhibit yard

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A photo of three elephants walking together at sunset
Cases

The legal fight to #FreeHappy and the importance of dissent

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An illustration of one orca nuzzling the face of another, smaller orca in the open ocean
Stories

Why We Fight for Nonhuman Rights: Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut’s Story Part 1

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A photo of chimpanzee Leo lying on his side and sleeping in a basement lab at Stony Brook University
Cases

Reflections on the first habeas order on behalf of a nonhuman animal

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A photo of the Scott M. Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City, Utah on a sunny day
Cases

NhRP argues Utah court must allow H.B. 249 lawsuit to proceed

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A photo of chimpanzees in what appears to be a cement-and-chain-link outdoor housing structure at the DeYoung Family Zoo in Michigan.
Stories

Preparing Our Case for Chimpanzee Rights in Michigan

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judges chairs
Issues

The Fight for a Justice System that Does Justice

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A photo of Kimba the elephant standing in a dirt yard as taken through a wire fence from an elevated walkway
Cases

NhRP to Colorado Supreme Court: Opinion in elephant rights case is wrong and dangerous

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A photo of the Utah State Capitol building on a sunny cloudless day
Cases

Nonhuman Rights Project sues Utah over unconstitutional anti-rights law

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