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September 22, 2022 at 3:58 PM

Happy #ElephantAppreciationDay to our elephants’ captors

NationBuilder Dear John,  If the Bronx Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society appreciated elephants, they would stop pretending captivity is for their own good. If the Fresno Chaffee Zoo appreciated elephants, it would stop forcing them to breed so it could popula…

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September 13, 2022 at 8:53 PM

Join our #FreeTheFresnoElephants Social Media Billboard Campaign

NationBuilder Help share our clients’ stories Dear John, A key part of our fight for our clients’ freedom is engaging and working with the community where they’re held captive. To this end, we do all we can to share our clients’ stories and discuss how another, more just lif…

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September 9, 2022 at 7:04 PM

NhRP News Roundup: Cougar recognized as rightsholder

NationBuilder The latest from the fight for nonhuman rights Dear John, I hope this email finds you well! Here at the NhRP, we’ve spent the last few weeks finalizing our strategy for a new campaign, poring over court filings (truth be told, we do this almost every day and som…

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September 1, 2022 at 7:58 PM

Ways to support nonhuman animal rights

NationBuilder Dear John, There are many ways to support the NhRP and our nonhuman animal clients! Here are just a few: Please vote for the NhRP to share in $500,000 of grants given by My Giving Circle! Voting closes on September 30, 2022. Shop Hourglass Cosmetics, o…

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August 12, 2022 at 8:54 PM

NhRP News Roundup: World Elephant Day

NationBuilder Dear John, Happy World Elephant Day—an annual global event dedicated to the protection of elephants. Today we’re honored to have gained the support of actor and longtime animal advocate Alec Baldwin in our fight to free elephants Happy and Patty from the Bronx…

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August 9, 2022 at 10:46 PM

Our work on future federal animal rights legislation

NationBuilder Dear John, As announced last month, the SWIMS Act is the first federal legislation the NhRP has helped develop as we begin to work with members of Congress. As part of our commitment to advocating in the halls of power for the freedom of autonomous nonh…

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July 29, 2022 at 7:54 PM

Our first billboards

NationBuilder A powerful way to help raise awareness Dear John, Exciting news in our campaign to #FreeTheFresnoElephants! We’ve put up five huge billboards across Fresno, California, encouraging anyone passing by them to join us in calling for freedom and sanctuary fo…

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July 27, 2022 at 9:30 PM

Gigi Glendinning: “[Zoos are] really holding tight to the notion that you have to see an animal up close to care about it."

NationBuilder Dear John, Thank you to everyone who joined our final interview in the #FreeTheFresnoElephants Interview Series with Gigi Glendinning. The images she shared today of her visit to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo are a prime example of how zoos are designed for th…

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July 27, 2022 at 4:02 PM

Happening in three hours: Final #FreeTheFresnoElephants Interview

NationBuilder Dear John, Thank you to everyone who’s tuned into our #FreeTheFresnoElephants Interview Series. The final installment of our series is happening today at 3 p.m. ET when we’ll interview Gigi Glendinning, a photographer and advocate who has been documenting the …

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July 20, 2022 at 10:16 PM

Dr. Bob Jacobs: “If you see an elephant in a zoo are you really looking at an elephant anymore?"

NationBuilder Dear John, Thank you to everyone who joined today’s #FreeTheFresnoElephants Interview with Dr. Bob Jacobs, an expert in cognitive neuroethology and comparative neuroanatomy. We found especially powerful his response to the question of whether people, es…

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July 20, 2022 at 4:01 PM

Happening in three hours: #FreeTheFresnoElephants Interview Series Part 2

NationBuilder Dear John, Please join us at 3 p.m. ET today for the second interview in our #FreeTheFresnoElephants Interview Series. Today’s guest is Dr. Bob Jacobs whose research areas include language acquisition, nonhuman communication, cognitive neuroethology, comparati…

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July 18, 2022 at 9:38 PM

Ways to support nonhuman animal rights

NationBuilder Dear John, There are many ways to support the NhRP and our nonhuman animal clients! Here are just a few: Please vote for the NhRP to share in $500,000 of grants given by My Giving Circle! A new round of voting just began and closes September 30, 2022. …

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July 14, 2022 at 5:58 PM

Legal Fight to Free Happy Continues in New York

NationBuilder Let justice be done, though the heavens may fall Dear John, We wanted you to be the first to know that today we filed a motion to reargue the 5-2 decision by New York’s highest court issued in June in our landmark case to #FreeHappy the elephant from the…

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July 13, 2022 at 8:24 PM

Today's interview w/ Dr Keith Lindsay: “Zoos do nothing for the conservation of elephants"

NationBuilder Dear John, Thank you to those who joined us for the first installment in our three-part #FreeTheFresnoElephants Interview Series! We hope this interview shed light on the unjustifiable suffering that Nolwazi, Amahle, Vusmusi, and other captive elephants…

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July 13, 2022 at 1:01 PM

Happening in three hours: #FreeTheFresnoElephants Interview Series

NationBuilder Dear John, A reminder to please join us at 12 p.m. ET today for the first installment of our #FreeTheFresnoElephants Interview Series. Today’s interview is with Dr. Keith Lindsay, one of the world’s foremost experts on elephants with more than 30 years of expe…

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July 8, 2022 at 7:52 PM

NhRP News Roundup: The Importance of Dissent, Minnie update, and more

NationBuilder Dear John, Last month, two judges on New York’s highest court, Judge Rowan D. Wilson and Judge Jenny Rivera, wrote courageous dissents in our elephant client Happy’s case that link “our country’s tortured history of oppression and subjugation” of humans…

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July 6, 2022 at 6:32 PM

Announcing our #FreeTheFresnoElephants Interview Series

NationBuilder Register now! Dear John, We’re excited to announce our new #FreeTheFresnoElephants Interview Series! For three consecutive Wednesdays in July, NhRP staff will interview friends of the NhRP who’ve lent their expertise in support of our new elephant rights…

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June 30, 2022 at 4:03 PM

New #FreeTheFresnoElephants T-shirt Design

NationBuilder Dear John, To mark the beginning of our California litigation and campaign, we’ve launched our new #FreeTheFresnoElephants t-shirt depicting an African elephant living freely in their natural habitat (design above). Click here to shop online now! Repres…

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June 27, 2022 at 8:24 PM

ACTION ALERT and #FreeTheFresnoElephants website launch

NationBuilder Dear John, We are excited to announce the launch of our new dynamic and interactive #FreeTheFresnoElephants campaign website. You can find all the latest information on Amahle, Nolwazi, and Vusmusi’s case, the fight for their freedom, and ways to take a…

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June 22, 2022 at 6:01 PM

Help #FreeHappy and #FreePatty to an elephant sanctuary

NationBuilder “A gilded cage is still a cage.” – New York Court of Appeals Judge Jenny Rivera writing in support of Happy’s release from the Bronx Zoo Dear John, Last week, the New York Court of Appeals issued a decision in Happy’s case and unfortunately chose not to order …

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June 15, 2022 at 11:08 PM

Speak Out to Help #FreeTheFresnoElephants

NationBuilder Dear John, The Fresno Chaffee Zoo’s Board of Directors has just announced they’ll be holding a meeting tomorrow, June 16th, which includes opportunities for public comment. If you’re in the Fresno area and able to attend the meeting at 5:30 p.m PT, you …

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June 14, 2022 at 10:49 PM

New York Court of Appeals Decision in Happy's Historic Elephant Rights Case

NationBuilder Dear John, Today the New York Court of Appeals issued a decision in our elephant client's Happy case. Happy lost this time. But its two powerful dissents will, one day, become the majority. You can read them here. We applaud the powerful dissents by the…

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May 18, 2022 at 10:25 PM

Today's historic hearing to #FreeHappy

NationBuilder +Links to court hearing recording and attorney remarks Dear John, Today history was made for nonhuman animals when the New York Court of Appeals became the highest court of an English-speaking jurisdiction to hear a case demanding a legal right for a non…

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May 12, 2022 at 10:39 PM

6 days to go: Happy's historic hearing on May 18th

NationBuilder + Link to today's Zoom seminar recording Dear John, As Monica Miller, the lawyer who’ll be arguing on behalf of Happy, said in today’s seminar about this historic elephant rights case, “This is such a big deal! … We knew this wasn’t going to happen overnight, …

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May 12, 2022 at 2:02 PM

Happening in three hours: Meet the Attorney Who’ll Argue Happy’s Case

NationBuilder Dear John, A reminder to please join us in three hours for a special Zoom seminar with Monica Miller, the attorney arguing Happy’s case on May 18th. Monica will discuss Happy’s historic case and how we’re preparing for arguments. She’ll also be taking your que…

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May 9, 2022 at 11:07 PM

Today’s seminar on our new CA case

NationBuilder Dear John, Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Zoom seminar today! We appreciate all the questions we received and look forward to hosting more seminars to keep you updated on our case in California. For those who could not join us, please feel …

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May 9, 2022 at 4:01 PM

Happening in three hours: Zoom seminar on our CA case

NationBuilder Dear John, A reminder to please join us for our Zoom seminar happening today in three hours time. NhRP Attorney Jake Davis and NhRP Director of Government Relations Courtney Fern will discuss our new Fresno Chaffee elephant clients and the California case. Tim…

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May 5, 2022 at 8:52 PM

#FreeHappy Hearing and Rally: 13 days to go!

NationBuilder Dear John, There’s less than two weeks until New York’s highest court will hear arguments in Happy’s case. A reminder that you can join us on the day both in-person and virtually, and that in the days leading up to this historic legal milestone for the …

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May 4, 2022 at 4:57 PM

New Lawsuit Demands Right to Liberty, Sanctuary for Fresno Chaffee Zoo Elephants

NationBuilder Our new clients in California Meet Our New Clients Dear John, The Nonhuman Rights Project has filed a habeas corpus petition in the San Francisco Superior Court demanding the right to liberty and release to sanctuary of three elephants held in captivity at the …

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May 3, 2022 at 7:51 PM

Join Us For A Historic Nonhuman Rights Hearing and Rally

NationBuilder Dear John, Thank you to everyone who joined us this past weekend outside the Bronx Zoo for our rally to #FreeHappy! Together, we sent a strong message: It’s wrong to imprison elephants in zoos, especially alone. Watch Their Turn’s coverage of the rally …

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April 29, 2022 at 6:26 PM

Exciting news and a rally reminder!

NationBuilder The latest experts to show support for Happy Dear John, We have exciting news to share in Happy’s case! Today, world-renowned philosopher Peter Singer announced that he, philosopher Gary Comstock, and philosopher Adam Lerner have filed a brief with New Y…

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April 25, 2022 at 3:00 PM

#FreeHappy Rally: How to get involved if you can’t attend

NationBuilder Dear John, There’s five days until our rally on April 30th, but if you can’t attend, there are still important ways to help #FreeHappy! Send in a short video of yourself saying why you want to see Happy free OR a photo of you holding up a sign that say…

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April 22, 2022 at 7:18 PM

A Special Announcement and Thank You From NhRP President Steven M. Wise

NationBuilder Dear John, Nearly forty years ago, I decided to devote my career to confronting the core problem facing nonhuman animals and their advocates: nonhuman animals’ rightlessness. In those early days, my work was mostly done at my kitchen table, surrounded b…

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April 18, 2022 at 5:44 PM

#FreeHappy Rally: Join our digital grassroots campaign

NationBuilder Dear John, If you can’t attend our #FreeHappy rally outside the Bronx Zoo on April 30th, there are still important ways you can get involved! For your chance to be part of our ongoing digital grassroots campaign to #FreeHappy and have your voice heard, …

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April 15, 2022 at 6:54 PM

Join Us: Rally at the Bronx Zoo to #FreeHappy

NationBuilder Dear John, Please join the Nonhuman Rights Project on April 30th as we rally outside the Bronx Zoo in support of the right to liberty of our client Happy, a wild-born Asian elephant who has been imprisoned at the Bronx Zoo for 45 years, the last 16 of w…

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March 31, 2022 at 8:17 PM

Arguments scheduled in Happy's case!

NationBuilder When we'll appear before New York’s highest court on Happy's behalf Dear John, We have a hearing date! Sometime after 2 p.m. ET on May 18, 2022, the New York Court of Appeals will hear arguments in our elephant client Happy’s case, which The Atlantic has called…

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March 30, 2022 at 11:00 AM

Help End Happy’s 45 Years of Bronx Zoo Imprisonment

NationBuilder Dear John, The fight to #FreeHappy has gained incredible support and momentum in the past year. Esteemed publications such as National Geographic, TIME Magazine, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker have published feature stories on her plight and our work …

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March 29, 2022 at 4:01 PM

🚨 Giveaway Reminder: Signed copies of The New Yorker

NationBuilder Three more days to get your signed copy! Three more days to get your signed copy of The New Yorker! Dear John, A reminder that in celebration of our feature story in the March 7th, 2022 issue of The New Yorker, we are giving away signed copies of this ed…

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March 23, 2022 at 7:50 PM

Exciting animal rights news out of Ecuador

NationBuilder Join us and Harvard Law for a virtual discussion of this landmark ruling Dear John, In late 2021, The Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School (ALPP) and the Nonhuman Rights Project jointly filed an amicus curiae brief with the…

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March 22, 2022 at 8:32 PM

Help us stop anti-animal rights legislation

NationBuilder Dear John, A bill has been introduced in the Idaho legislature that would prohibit nonhuman animals from ever being recognized as legal persons in the state. This outrageous piece of legislation has been designated an emergency bill, which means it’s being fas…

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March 18, 2022 at 4:01 PM

Your legacy gift will help us build a more just world for all

NationBuilder Dear John, Thank you for your long-term support of the NhRP’s unique mission and work! Your commitment to the fight for nonhuman rights has allowed the NhRP to maintain the momentum of our longstanding campaigns to challenge a millennia-old legal status…

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March 15, 2022 at 9:57 PM

Today’s seminar on Tommy and Kiko

NationBuilder Recording enclosed Dear John, Thank you to those who joined us for today’s Zoom seminar with Courtney and Jake. We’re so grateful for your belief in our mission and for sharing our unwavering determination to make legal history for nonhuman animals by se…

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March 14, 2022 at 8:39 PM

Happening tomorrow: NhRP Zoom Seminar on Tommy and Kiko

NationBuilder Dear John, We’re sending you a friendly reminder to please join NhRP Director of Government Relations and Campaigns Courtney Fern and NhRP Staff Attorney Jake Davis on a Zoom seminar tomorrow to discuss Tommy and Kiko’s plight, our next action steps, and any q…

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March 8, 2022 at 6:40 PM

Finding and freeing Tommy

NationBuilder Your help needed Dear John, As we announced yesterday, we believe our chimpanzee client Tommy–if alive–is imprisoned at the DeYoung Family Zoo in Wallace, Michigan. The DeYoung Family Zoo no longer has the chimpanzees in its custody on public display, so little…

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March 7, 2022 at 9:24 PM

Two announcements

NationBuilder Dear John, In a more just world, if a chimpanzee disappeared, his absence wouldn’t have anything to do with human beings. It wouldn’t prompt concern that he was caged, suffering, and without the company of others of his kind. It wouldn’t necessitate rep…

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March 3, 2022 at 5:52 PM

🚨 Giveaway: Signed copies of The New Yorker

NationBuilder ⁣⁣⁣Dear John, Since Monday when The New Yorker published a feature article about our legal fight to #FreeHappy, it’s been liked, shared, and reposted hundreds of times, including by singer Cher who tweeted out her support! If you use Twitter, please hel…

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February 28, 2022 at 9:40 PM

"The latest frontier in the expansion of rights in America"

NationBuilder New New Yorker story on the fight to #FreeHappy “Although the immediate question before Justice Tuitt was the future of a solitary elephant, the case raised the broader question of whether animals represent the latest frontier in the expansion of rights …

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February 10, 2022 at 5:01 PM

John, there’s still time for you to share your thoughts!

NationBuilder Take part in our annual survey Survey Reminder: Please tell us your thoughts about the NhRP here. Dear John, Thank you to all our supporters who’ve submitted their answers to our short annual survey. A friendly reminder to those who haven’t, there is sti…

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February 7, 2022 at 5:02 PM

Ways to support nonhuman animal rights

NationBuilder Dear John, There are many ways to support the NhRP and our nonhuman animal clients! Here are just a few: Please vote for the NhRP to share in $500,000 of grants given by My Giving Circle! A new round of voting just began and closes March 31, 2022. Shar…

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February 3, 2022 at 8:00 PM

Thank you for taking action for Happy

NationBuilder Dear John, Thank you to everyone who participated in yesterday’s day of action for Happy. Thousands of people took action for Happy and shared her story on social media. If you were unable to participate yesterday and would like to today, please click here for…

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