The Fight for Freedom: Colorado’s Landmark Case for Elephant Rights
With 30 days until a historic court hearing, we need your help to free Jambo, Kimba, LouLou, Lucky, and Missy…
Free the CMZ Elephants
The Fight for Freedom: Colorado’s Landmark Case for Elephants’ Rights
Colorado’s highest court to hear elephant rights case
On October 24th, Colorado’s highest court will hear arguments demanding elephants’ right to liberty. This hearing–the first of its kind…
I study elephants. Here’s why I support their right to liberty.
My name is Mickey Pardo. I am a behavioral ecologist and conservation biologist who has studied animal behavior for over…
The City covers Happy the elephant’s disappearance from view
Last week, my colleague Courtney shared the news that we believe something seriously wrong is happening in the Bronx Zoo elephant exhibit–more…
Urgent update: Something is wrong with Happy the elephant
Based on our monitoring of the Bronx Zoo elephant exhibit, it’s our understanding that Happy, an elephant held alone in…
Amicus support for the fight to #FreeTheCMZElephants
In May, the Nonhuman Rights Project filed an opening brief in the Colorado Supreme Court, urging it to reverse a…
Civil Rights Group to Colorado’s Highest Court: Zoo Elephants Are Entitled to a Hearing and the Right to Bodily Liberty
~ Supported by elephant experts, the case is the first filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) in the state…
Statement on Dismissal of Hawaii Elephant Rights Case
Below is a statement from the Nonhuman Rights Project on the decision issued from the bench on Jan. 16, 2024 by…
Right to Bodily Liberty for Elephants (Passed and signed into law)
Introduced by Council Member Leslie Rule and developed with and supported by the Nonhuman Rights Project, the ordinance defines and…
Lawsuit Seeks Right to Liberty for Honolulu Zoo Elephants
~ Supported by elephant experts, the case is the first filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) in Hawaii ~…
Amicus support for the fight to #FreeTheFresnoElephants
Charles Darwin once wrote: “Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.” Such…
Civil rights group seeks hearing in California’s highest court on behalf of Fresno Chaffee Zoo elephants
Aug. 29, 2023, San Francisco, CA–Today the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) filed a petition for a common law writ of…