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

The Nonhuman Rights Project Mourns the Passing of Happy, the History-Making Elephant, at the Bronx Zoo

New lawsuit filed on behalf of elephants Victoria and Zuri

A photo of a young elephant named Zuri in her stall in the Pittsburgh Zoo elephant barn. The wall are concrete and Zuri is reaching her trunk toward a pile of hay laid out on the concrete floor. She is behind steel bars.

Second Lawsuit Filed Against Pittsburgh Zoo to Free Elephants

How to write op-eds for animals

How Ojai made animal rights history

An interview with the director of Lucy: The Stolen Lives of Elephants

A photo of a beluga underwater as photographed from above

Why We Fight for Nonhuman Rights: The Story of the P.T. Barnum Belugas

I provide sanctuary to chimpanzees. Here’s why I support the NhRP.

Reflections on the first habeas hearing on behalf of a nonhuman animal

A photo of the Scott M. Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City, Utah on a sunny day

NhRP argues Utah court must allow H.B. 249 lawsuit to proceed

What it’s like to argue in court for animal rights

Elephants Mari and Vaigai stand in a mostly dirt pen in the Honolulu Zoo elephant exhibit

I’ve studied elephants for over 45 years. This is why I support their right to liberty.

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