When you’re talking about an animal like Happy, an autonomous elephant ... 1) The Nonhuman Rights Project: An Interview with Steven Wise. 2) Cartoons are very effective ways to make complex ...

Tommy was watching cartoons on a television stationed ... this argument “preposterous,” pointing out that Happy is not an agricultural animal, although Wise himself had often acknowledged ...

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 ...

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.

“Something is wrong with Happy,” the activist group wrote this summer after filing the Animal Welfare Act Complaint with the USDA on behalf of the elusive elephant. “Happy’s confinement ...

The letter from the NYC Bar’s president and animal law committee co-chairs noted that Happy vanished from public view for ten weeks last summer before she reappeared in her zoo enclosure.

The zoo says she’s fine. Animal rights activists are not so sure. By Sarah Maslin Nir “Nothing is wrong with Happy.” The statement the Bronx Zoo issued on July 31 was undeniably prickly.

Offering a blend of family fun and animal encounters, Happy Hollow Park and Zoo in San Jose is a must-see for families visiting Silicon Valley. This 16-acre park, originally opened in 1961 ...