ALBANY, N.Y. — 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.

NEW YORK — Happy the Asian elephant has lived at the Bronx Zoo for more than 40 years. She’s 47 years old and has lived alone since 2006, separated from the zoo’s two other elephants ever since a ...

The recent case of Happy the elephant, revolving around animal rights activists’ attempts to get her freed from the Bronx Zoo and put in a sanctuary, was based on preconceived ideas about what she ...

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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’s wellbeing.

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 New ...

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 zoo ...

The nonhuman rights movement suffered a blow Tuesday after New York's highest court ruled Happy the elephant is not a “person." The 5-2 decision from the New York Court of Appeals determined Happy, a ...

New York’s highest court is set to determine whether Happy, a 47-year-old Asian elephant living at the Bronx Zoo, is being unlawfully imprisoned. Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), a nonprofit civil ...