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The New Yorker Explores Our Legal Fight to #FreeHappy

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Ecuador Recognizes Nonhuman Animals As Rightsholders

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What’s in store for 2022!

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2021 Annual Report

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Constitutional Court of Ecuador Urged to Recognize Animals As Rightsholders

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

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NhRP Again Named Top-Rated Nonprofit Thanks To Supporter Reviews

Statement on Colombian Hippos Case

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The NhRP’s #ActiveForAnimalRights Virtual Race

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World-Renowned Philosopher Martha Nussbaum Supports New York Elephant Rights Case

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

National Geographic Feature on the Fight to #FreeHappy

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

What We’re Asking for in Our Fight to #FreeHappy

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