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2074, the Bronx
![Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fencing of her enclosure in the Bronx Zoo's elephant exhibit.](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Happy-3045-768x512.jpg)
Happy’s story
![Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fencing of her enclosure in the Bronx Zoo's elephant exhibit.](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Happy-3045-768x512.jpg)
New bill to ban elephant captivity in NYC
![A photograph of Happy the elephant standing in the Bronx Zoo elephant exhibit (October 2021)](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/happy_1-0290-768x512.jpg)
New York Court of Appeals denies motion for reargument in elephant rights case
![Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fencing of her enclosure in the Bronx Zoo's elephant exhibit.](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Happy-3045-768x512.jpg)
Legal Fight to Free Happy the Elephant Continues in New York
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The legal fight to #FreeHappy and the importance of dissent
![Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fencing of her enclosure in the Bronx Zoo's elephant exhibit.](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Happy-3045-768x512.jpg)
Lamenting a loss for Happy as we celebrate supportive dissents
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