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The Radical and Unacceptable Opposition to Nonhuman Rights
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Animal Law Professors Support New York Elephant Rights Case
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Discussion of Oral Arguments in Happy’s Elephant Rights Case
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Habeas corpus scholars, philosophers support elephant rights case
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Online seminar: The legal fight to #FreeHappy
![Happy the elephant wraps her trunk around the fence of an enclosure in the Bronx Zoo](https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/happy_gigi5081-768x512.jpg)
Laurence Tribe Supports Elephant Rights Case
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NhRP urges CT Appellate Court to rehear elephant rights case
Arguments in New York elephant rights case
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Connecticut Court Allows Supplemental Brief in Elephant Rights Case
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Next Steps in Connecticut Elephant Rights Case
NhRP Again Rebuts Bronx Zoo Arguments in New York Elephant Rights Case
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