“We’ve consumed Happy as a society … But what have we given back to Happy?” – Dr. Kelsey Leonard, scientist and member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, as quoted in A person or a thing? Inside the fight for animal personhood [[link removed]]

Dear John,

Today National Geographic published a feature story [[link removed]] on our historic [[link removed]] legal fight to free Happy [[link removed]] the elephant from the Bronx Zoo to a sanctuary. Written by investigative reporter Rachel Fobar with illustrations by Jamiel Law, the story explores the significance of Happy’s elephant rights case, the NhRP’s unique approach to securing legal rights for nonhuman animals, and more.

Click here [[link removed]] to read the article.

After reading the article, you can take a few more steps to help Happy by:

1.
Sharing
this
story
and
emailing
[email protected]
[[email protected]]
to
thank
them
for
publishing
it.
2.
Using
our
action
alert
[[link removed]]
to
urge
Jim
Breheny,
Executive
Director
of
the
Bronx
Zoo,
and
Cristián
Samper,
President
and
CEO
of
the
Wildlife
Conservation
Society,
to
free
Happy
to
an
elephant
sanctuary.
3.
Signing
and
sharing
this
Change.org
petition
[[link removed]]
calling
for
sanctuary
for
Happy.

Thank you for helping us #FreeHappy!

Lauren Choplin
Communications Director, the NhRP

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