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Lauren Choplin

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

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A photo of Vusmusi the elephant standing in a yard at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo
Jake Davis

New Lawsuit Demands Right to Liberty, Sanctuary for Fresno Chaffee Zoo Elephants

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A photo of NhRP Attorney Liddy Stein speaking at a rally to free Happy from the Bronx Zoo as rally attendees listen and hold signs
Elizabeth Stein

Happy Never Had a Choice

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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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Foto de mona chorongo (Lagothrix lagotricha) por Evgenia Kononova (río Taruma, Brazil), Wikimedia
Nonhuman Rights

A Landmark Ruling for Animal Rights in Ecuador

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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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Foto de mona chorongo (Lagothrix lagotricha) por Evgenia Kononova (río Taruma, Brazil), Wikimedia
Nonhuman Rights

Ecuador Recognizes Nonhuman Animals As Rightsholders

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A photo of African elephants gathering at a watering hole. One adult elephant appears to look directly at the camera.
Mickey Suzuki

What’s in store for 2022!

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An adult elephant gently guides a baby elephant to step into a pool of water as sunlight falls from the trees.
Kevin Schneider

2021 Annual Report

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Foto de mona chorongo (Lagothrix lagotricha) por Evgenia Kononova (río Taruma, Brazil), Wikimedia
Nonhuman Rights

Constitutional Court of Ecuador Urged to Recognize Animals As Rightsholders

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Lauren Choplin

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

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