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Author: Courtney Fern

Courtney Fern

California City Passes Historic Animal Rights Legislation

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A Commerford Zoo handler uses a bullhook to compel a costumed Minnie the elephant to stand on her hind legs during a fair.
Courtney Fern

Shining a light for Minnie the elephant

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Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fencing of her enclosure in the Bronx Zoo's elephant exhibit.
Courtney Fern

New bill to ban elephant captivity in NYC

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Courtney Fern

#FreeTheFresnoElephants social media billboard campaign

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A photo of orcas swimming in the open ocean near Washingon
Courtney Fern

NhRP Supports New Bill to End the Capture And Breeding of Whales for Public Display

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Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fencing of her enclosure in the Bronx Zoo's elephant exhibit.
Courtney Fern

Help #FreeHappy and #FreePatty to an Elephant Sanctuary

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Courtney Fern

Speak Out to Help #FreeTheFresnoElephants

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Courtney Fern

Join Us For A Historic Nonhuman Rights Hearing and Rally

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A photo taken from the Bronx Zoo monorail of Happy the elephant wrapping her trunk around the fencing of her enclosure
Courtney Fern

Join Us: Rally at the Bronx Zoo to #FreeHappy

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Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fence of an enclosure in the Bronx Zoo
Courtney Fern

Help End Happy’s 45 Years of Bronx Zoo Imprisonment

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A photograph of Happy the elephant standing in the Bronx Zoo elephant exhibit (October 2021)
Courtney Fern

16 Years Alone: #FreeHappy Day of Action

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