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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.

Shining a light for Minnie the elephant

#FreeTheFresnoElephants social media billboard campaign

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

Help #FreeHappy and #FreePatty to an Elephant Sanctuary

Speak Out to Help #FreeTheFresnoElephants

What’s Next in the Legal Fight to #FreeHappy

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

Remarks by NhRP Attorneys Following Happy’s Historic Hearing

Happy stands before a gate in the Bronx Zoo elephant exhibit.

The Struggle to Gain an Elephant’s Right to Bodily Liberty

Join Us For A Historic Nonhuman Rights Hearing and Rally

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

Join Us: Rally at the Bronx Zoo to #FreeHappy

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

Help End Happy’s 45 Years of Bronx Zoo Imprisonment

A photo of a chimpanzee, believed to be Tommy, peering out from a cage at the DeYoung Family Zoo. The photo was taken by PETA and included in documents sent to the NhRP in response to a FOIA request.

Finding and Freeing Tommy the Chimpanzee

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

16 Years Alone: #FreeHappy Day of Action

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