The Nonhuman Rights Project was pushing for the distinction. A yearslong legal attempt to get Happy, an elephant residing at the Bronx Zoo, transferred to an elephant sanctuary failed Tuesday when ...

Last week, the New York Court of Appeals voted 5 to 2 rejecting the argument brought by an animal rights group that an elephant at the Bronx Zoo, named Happy, is being imprisoned against her will.

"Thing: Inside the Struggle for Animal Personhood follows the battle to move Happy, a 50-year-old Asian elephant, from the Bronx Zoo to sanctuary… I hope that this groundbreaking graphic novel ...

A female Asian elephant at the Bronx Zoo isn’t legally considered a person, the New York Court of Appeals ruled today. Happy has been embroiled in a years-long battle between animal rights ...

The landmark challenge by the Nonhuman Rights Project had sought a writ of habeas corpus securing Happy’s transfer to an elephant sanctuary. New York’s highest court today rejected a novel ...

Whether she’s happy or not is apparently up for debate. Happy, the famous Bronx Zoo Asian elephant, was recently spotted in public for the first time in nearly 10 weeks — and sparked concern ...

By then, Happy, its 50-plus-year-old female Asian elephant, had not been seen by visitors in her outdoor enclosure in two weeks, and people were starting to notice. “Yo I’m hearing that Happy ...

Mystery surrounds Happy, the famous Bronx Zoo elephant who has been the subject of fierce legal battles, with the 53-year-old elephant having not been seen in public for months. In recent weeks ...

The mysterious disappearance of an elephant named Happy at the Bronx Zoo in New York has sparked uproar as animal activists float concerning theories. Happy has been one of main attractions at the ...

Happy the elephant may be intelligent and deserving of compassion, but she cannot be considered a person being illegally confined to the Bronx Zoo, New York's top court ruled Tuesday. The 5-2 ...