NationBuilder Dear John, Good news! The Connecticut Appellate Court has granted the NhRP permission to file a supplemental brief in our second elephant rights case on behalf of Minnie, who is now the sole surviving elephant held captive and exploited in a Goshen-based trave…

NationBuilder Dear John, Breaking news: Today on NPR, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio discussed our campaign to free Happy from the Bronx Zoo to a sanctuary. We applaud the Mayor for recognizing the social needs of elephants and why so many many New Yorkers are urging he…

NationBuilder Dear John, Please join the Nonhuman Rights Project in urging Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont to take action to help free Minnie to one of the two accredited elephant sanctuaries in the United States: The Performing Animal Welfare Society or The Elephant Sanctu…

NationBuilder Dear John, More good news: Justice Alison Y. Tuitt of the Bronx Supreme Court has granted the Nonhuman Rights Project’s request for a temporary restraining order that prevents the Bronx Zoo from moving our elephant client Happy out of New York State before an …

NationBuilder Dear John, Today the Nonhuman Rights Project and twelve other organizations sent a letter to Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, urging his office to take action to help free Minnie the elephant from the Commerford Zoo to the Performing Animal Welfare Society or …

NationBuilder Dear John, Just a short follow-up to my last email to let you know that litigation modeled on the NhRP’s has finally freed an orangutan named Sandra from an Argentine zoo to a sanctuary. The judge in the case said of her decision: “I wanted to tell society som…

NationBuilder Dear John, Good news: today the Bronx County Supreme Court heard oral arguments for nearly five hours in our elephant client Happy’s case. A second hearing is scheduled for Oct. 21st to allow for argument on the remaining motions and the core merits of …

NationBuilder “If only members of our species were more like you. We and thousands of people around the world are so sorry human beings did these things to you and are fighting for a world where, in recognition of elephants’ fundamental rights, they are no longer abl…

NationBuilder Dear John, We have just received confirmation via APHIS and Western Mass News that our elephant client Karen has indeed died, as we suspected. It is abhorrent that the Commerford Zoo denied Beulah and Karen the opportunity to find peace and dignity in a…

NationBuilder Dear John, On September 15th, the NhRP's elephant client Beulah collapsed and died at the Big E fair after the Commerford Zoo exploited her for money one final time.  TAKE ACTION NOW and complete this action alert urging State Representative Maria Horn and Sta…

NationBuilder Dear John, It is with deep sorrow and outrage that we have learned our elephant client Beulah has died after collapsing multiple times at the Big E fair in West Springfield, MA. Because of businesses like the Commerford Zoo and the Big E, she never had …

NationBuilder Dear John, For the last year, Beulah and Karen, two of our elephant clients held captive by the Commerford Zoo, have not been seen in public. We are greatly concerned about their well-being and fear that one or both of the elephants may have died. TAKE ACTION …

NationBuilder Dear John, Did you know that there are many ways to support the NhRP and our nonhuman animal clients? Here are just a few: Make a recurring donation, a convenient and easy way to ensure that our mission to free nonhuman animals from imprisonment and ex…

NationBuilder Dear John, The Nonhuman Rights Project has become deeply concerned about the health and well-being of our clients Beulah, Karen, and Minnie, three elephants imprisoned and exploited by a Connecticut-based traveling circus called the Commerford Zoo. Our …

NationBuilder Hi John! I hope your August has been a good one so far. It’s been an especially busy month for the NhRP: we just held our second rally for our elephant client Happy at the Bronx Zoo, followed by a five-day all-staff retreat where we took a deep dive int…

It's a great time to join the NhRP. Dear John, We're thrilled you've chosen to become part of an international nonhuman rights movement that aims to fundamentally change how our legal systems view and treat nonhuman animals. Years in the making, our long-term litigation c…