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Changing Minds about Nonhuman Animal Rights

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

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

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

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

NhRP attorneys Liddy Stein and Steve Wise confer before a hearing in one of the NhRP's nonhuman rights cases

Zoom Seminar: Brief Filed with New York’s Highest Court in Landmark Elephant Rights Case

Free elephant holding branch in trunk - Sarah Vallance

Preparing for a Historic Hearing in the Fight to #FreeHappy

A group of young elephants gather freely in a grassy field while zebras graze behind them.

What’s Coming Up in the Legal Fight to #FreeHappy

Beulah the elephant lies on her side on the edge of a parking lot the day she died at he Big E fair.

New Commerford Zoo Records Highlight USDA Failures

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Why We Fight for Nonhuman Rights: Harambe’s Story

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

New York Court of Appeals Agrees to Hear Landmark Elephant Rights Case

Today a group of philosophers submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of the NhRP's chimpanzee rights cases on behalf of Tommy and Kiko.

Where is Tommy the Chimp?

One chimpanzee grooms another who looks thoughtfully up at the trees in Uganda's Kibale Forest National Park.

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