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A photo of Billy the elephant standing alone in the LA Zoo elephant exhibit
Stories

Honoring elephants’ birthright of freedom

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An illustration of one orca nuzzling the face of another, smaller orca in the open ocean
Stories

Why We Fight for Nonhuman Rights: Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut’s Story Part 1

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A photo of three elephants walking together at sunset
Cases

The legal fight to #FreeHappy and the importance of dissent

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A photo of Billy the elephant standing alone in the LA Zoo elephant exhibit
Stories

Honoring elephants’ birthright of freedom

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Elephants Happy and Patty stand facing each other from different pens in the Bronx Zoo elephant exhibit
Legislation, Stories

Patty’s story

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

New bill to ban elephant captivity in NYC

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A photo of Mabu the elephant taken by the NhRP upon his arrival at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo
Cases

Our new client in our first California lawsuit

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

New York Court of Appeals denies motion for reargument in elephant rights case

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A photo of Mabu the elephant taken by the NhRP upon his arrival at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo
Stories

Our unexpected visit to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo

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