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Author: Lauren Choplin

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

Legal Fight to Free Happy the Elephant Continues in New York

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Lauren Choplin

Supportive LA Times Op-Ed and Fresno Court Case Update

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

Lamenting a loss for Happy as we celebrate supportive dissents

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

Statement on New York Court of Appeals Decision in Historic Elephant Rights Case

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Lauren Choplin

Meet the Attorney Who’ll Argue Happy’s Historic Elephant Rights Case

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

New York’s Highest Court Schedules Arguments in Elephant Rights Case

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Free elephant holding branch in trunk - Sarah Vallance
Lauren Choplin

The New Yorker Explores Our Legal Fight to #FreeHappy

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A photograph of Happy the elephant standing in the Bronx Zoo elephant exhibit (October 2021)
Lauren Choplin

NhRP Reply to AZA Arguments in Legal Fight to #FreeHappy

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Lauren Choplin

“The most important animal-rights case of the 21st century”

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Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fence of an enclosure in the Bronx Zoo
Lauren Choplin

New Briefs Submitted in Support of Happy the Elephant’s Right to Liberty

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

The Latest Briefs in New York Elephant Rights Case

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