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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.

LouLou the elephant extends her trunk to reach into a bucket filled with hay that hangs from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo elephant barn.

In the fight for animal rights, what does progress look like?

A photo of Lucky and Kimba standing in the elephant barn at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

Nonhuman Rights Project v. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

A photo of Lucky and Kimba standing in the elephant barn at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

Amicus support for the fight to #FreeTheCMZElephants

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

Our first Hawaii hearing

A photo of elephants LouLou and Missy standing in the barn at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Challenging the speciesist status quo

A photo of Kimba the elephant standing in a dirt yard as taken through a wire fence from an elevated walkway

What’s wrong with the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo elephant exhibit

A photo of elephants LouLou and Missy standing in the barn at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Lawsuit Seeks Legal Right for Colorado Zoo Elephants

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

Our new client in our first California lawsuit

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

Legal Fight to Free Happy the Elephant Continues in New York

A photo of three elephants walking together at sunset

The legal fight to #FreeHappy and the importance of dissent

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