Dear John,

We’ve learned the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the Bronx Zoo where our client Happy is held alone in captivity, will have an Interim President and CEO starting Oct. 8th. You can help #FreeHappy and #FreePatty (the other elephant held alone in captivity in the Bronx Zoo) by using this form [[link removed]] to send a message to Robert Menzi, urging him to send them to sanctuaries and follow through on the Bronx Zoo’s 2006 pledge to close the captive elephant program for good following the deaths of one or more elephants (which happened in 2018 when Maxine was euthanized).

Meanwhile, the legal fight to free Happy continues [[link removed]] as we wait for New York’s highest court to rule on our motion asking it to reconsider the legally wrong decision it issued in June. We expect the Court to rule any day now. Regardless of what happens next, the two powerful dissents will help us help elephants and other nonhuman animals for years to come, just as dissents have done in other movements for fundamental rights. NhRP Staff Attorney Jake Davis explains how here [[link removed]] .

Also, a group of dedicated New York activists who were with us in Albany for Happy’s historic hearing have taken up the local grassroots campaign to free Happy and Patty by holding monthly protests at the Bronx Zoo. To join their next protest on Oct. 16th, visit their Facebook event page [[link removed]] or email [email protected] [[email protected]?subject=Bronx%20Zoo%20protests] .

In other NhRP news:

*
The
NhRP
legal
team
is
growing!
We’re
hiring
a
Litigation
Program
Director
to
serve
as
our
number
two
litigator
under
NhRP
President
Steven
Wise.
Learn
more
and
share
the
news
here
[[link removed]]
.


*
“
People
think
differently
about
animals
now
...
The
fact
that
the
Court
even
took
[Happy
the
elephant’s]
case
is
a
sign
that
we
have
come
to
a
new
day.
”
Reverend
Canon
Dr.
Patrick
Malloy
discussed
Happy’s
plight
as
part
of
the
Cathedral
of
St.
John
the
Divine’s
Feast
of
St.
Francis
and
Blessing
of
the
Animals
celebration
this
past
Sunday.
Watch
his
remarks
(beginning
approximately
35
minutes
in)
here
[[link removed]]
.


*
A
moving
new
documentary
tells
the
story
of
Corky,
the
world’s
longest-held
captive
orca,
and
offers
hope
for
a
future
where
orcas
are
no
longer
deprived
of
their
freedom.
Learn
more
about
the
film
in
this
[[link removed]]
guest
post
by
director
and
NhRP
supporter
Christine
Caruso.


*
NhRP
Staff
Attorney
Monica
Miller
recently
discussed
our
mission
and
work
on
the
Jamie
All
Over
podcast
in
an
episode
titled
“The
Elephant
in
the
Courtroom.”
Listen
here
[[link removed]]
.


*
“
Welfare
regulations
are
insufficient
to
respond
to
what
we
know
about
other
animals,
their
lived
experience,
and
their
capacity
to
suffer.
Only
a
rights-based
approach
questions
the
foundational
morality
and
legality
of
using
animals
in
the
first
place.
”
⁣⁣
In
a
new
essay
published
by
Aeon
,
Dr.
Lori
Marino
reflects
on
our
legal
fight
to
free
Happy.
Dr.
Marino
is
a
neuroscientist
and
an
expert
in
animal
behavior
and
intelligence.
She’s
also
the
founder
and
executive
director
of
the
Kimmela
Center
for
Animal
Advocacy
and
president
of
the
Whale
Sanctuary
Project.
Read
her
essay
here
[[link removed]]
.



Thank you for helping us change the world for nonhuman animals, John. Have a great weekend!

Lauren Choplin
Communications Director, the NhRP

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