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Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fence of an enclosure in the Bronx Zoo

Help End Happy’s 45 Years of Bronx Zoo Imprisonment

Free elephant holding branch in trunk - Sarah Vallance

The New Yorker Explores Our Legal Fight to #FreeHappy

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

NhRP Reply to AZA Arguments in Legal Fight to #FreeHappy

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

Ecuador Recognizes Nonhuman Animals As Rightsholders

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

16 Years Alone: #FreeHappy Day of Action

A side view of Happy the elephant standing near the section of fencing that separates her from Patty the elephant in the Bronx Zoo's elephant exhibit. Credit: Gigi Glendinning

Tweet to Help #FreeHappy to a Sanctuary

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

South African Judge Submits Brief in Support of Elephant Rights Case

Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fence of an enclosure in the Bronx Zoo

New Briefs Submitted in Support of Happy the Elephant’s Right to Liberty

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

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

Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fence of an enclosure in the Bronx Zoo

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

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