The Nonhuman Rights Project is pushing a bold and controversial lawsuit to declare Pittsburgh Zoo elephants as legal “persons” with habeas rights. Conservationists and hunters say the move is a fundraising stunt that ignores science, wildlife management, and the real needs of animals.

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