Court Case Update

Dear John,

Today the NhRP argued for a third time in the Bronx Supreme Court in support of our elephant client Happy’s right to liberty and her release from the Bronx Zoo to a sanctuary. Currently, Happy is held alone in an industrial cement structure lined with windowless, barred cages (the zoo’s “elephant barn”) while the elephant exhibit is closed for the winter. She has been imprisoned at the Bronx Zoo since 1977 and forced to live alone for the past 14 years. Learn how the proceedings went and what will happen next in this video message from NhRP President Steven M. Wise and NhRP Staff Attorney Elizabeth Stein. Thank you to everyone who joined us today and expressed support from afar as we fight to free #FreeHappy! Stay tuned for further updates.

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Lauren Choplin
Communications Director, the NhRP