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.

If she’s Happy, no one can tell. Famous Bronx Zoo elephant “Happy” apparently hasn’t been spotted publicly for more than two weeks, sparking concern from activists over the massive mammal ...

Happy the elephant made history on Tuesday. By arguing for her release from the Bronx Zoo, she became the first animal to have a case for animal rights decided by a court of last resort in North ...

New York's highest court has ruled that Happy the Elephant is not a legal person and therefore not entitled to basic human rights. Tuesday morning, the State of New York Court of Appeals issued ...

NEW YORK, June 14 (Reuters) - Happy the elephant will stay at the Bronx Zoo after New York state's highest court on Tuesday ruled against an animal rights group that said she deserved some of the ...

By Ed Shanahan An Asian elephant named Happy that has been at the Bronx Zoo for more than 40 years will remain there after New York’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that she is not a person ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...