The NhRP · [email protected]

August 12, 2023 at 10:32 PM

Update: World Elephant Day is almost over!

Can you rush a donation?   Hi John!  We just wanted to make sure you didn't miss this: the deadline to meet our World Elephant Day fundraising goal is midnight tonight. Every contribution counts—can you chip in to meet our goal before the end of the day?  RUSH A DONATION →  Together, we can build a…

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  The NhRP · [email protected]

August 12, 2023 at 2:30 PM

It's World Elephant Day 🐘

And we have a special announcement for you  Every captive elephant has a story. For almost every elephant held captive in US zoos, their story remains untold. We’re going to change that–and we’re going to end elephant captivity in US zoos.  Today, World Elephant Day, we’re excited to give you a prev…

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  Elizabeth Stein via the NhRP · [email protected]

August 11, 2023 at 5:12 PM

The path to elephant freedom

From inside the legal fight Hi John,  All week, we’ve been sharing the wealth of scientific research that shows how cognitively and emotionally complex elephants are. So, maybe this additional fact will come as no surprise to you: elephants are one of the first species we know of who can understand …

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  Courtney via the NhRP · [email protected]

August 10, 2023 at 4:50 PM

John, here’s what we’re up against...

Hi John,  Elephants have captured our human imaginations for centuries, and it’s no wonder why. Not only are they majestic in stature—they’re also intellectually and emotionally complex beings who have fascinating ways of communicating and forming relationships.  But, along the way, fascination wit…

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  The NhRP · [email protected]

August 8, 2023 at 11:43 PM

Update re: Happy's story

Hi John,Wow! We didn’t know what to expect when we kicked off our very first World Elephant Week at the NhRP, but you’ve inspired us with your outpouring of support for elephants. We’re following up to share some INCREDIBLE news: First, the NhRP community absolutely smashed our $5,000 match goal ahe…

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  The NhRP · [email protected]

August 8, 2023 at 6:15 PM

Happy's story

They call me Happy.   Before I had this name, I lived with my family, deep in a lush forest. One day, when I was still a baby, I saw most of my family killed in front of me, and my young cousins and I were rounded up and taken to a place that was nothing like where we were born. One of my cousins d…

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  Dr. Bob Jacobs via the NhRP · [email protected]

August 7, 2023 at 5:51 PM

Money talks. Elephants suffer.

The science behind the fight Hi John, in honor of World Elephant Week, we're sharing more stories from the frontlines of the fight for elephants' freedom. Today, Dr. Bob Jacobs answers the question: "Why elephants?" Why do we fight for elephants?  My name is Bob Jacobs. I am a neuroscientist who ha…

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  Lauren via the NhRP · [email protected]

August 6, 2023 at 9:00 PM

Exciting Update – Give Now and Double Your Impact!

The time is now to support elephant freedom John,  This week, we’re sharing the stories of our elephant clients and shining a light on the exploitation and injustice they endure. But, we’re only able to build awareness through actions like World Elephant Week because of supporters just like you.  An…

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  Lauren via the NhRP · [email protected]

August 6, 2023 at 3:30 PM

John, help us right these wrongs.

We need fundamental change Right now, over 20,000 elephants around the world are living lives that are simply wrong.  Wrong for their bodies. Wrong for their minds. Wrong no matter how you look at it. That’s what the NhRP’s fight for elephants’ right to liberty is all about.  For the next six days, …

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  The NhRP · [email protected]

July 12, 2023 at 5:55 PM

Two years

That's how long Jambo had her freedom.                                                                                                         John, Two years–that’s how long our elephant client Jambo had with her mother and herd. Two years of staying physically close to her mother for warmth and pr…

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  Jake via the NhRP · [email protected]

July 7, 2023 at 7:01 PM

Update on Colorado elephant rights case

 Dear John, Last week, the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a habeas corpus petition in a Colorado court, demanding the right to liberty and release to sanctuary of five elephants confined in the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. The following day, Judge Eric Bentley issued an order that requires the Cheyenne Mou…

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  Elizabeth via the NhRP · [email protected]

June 29, 2023 at 8:02 PM

Our new clients in Colorado

Jambo, Kimba, LouLou, Lucky, and Missy are five female elephants who were born in the wild in Africa, taken from their herds when they were only babies, and imported to the US in the 1970s and 1980s to be held captive in circuses and zoos. Now imprisoned in the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado, t…

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  Lauren via the Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

June 26, 2023 at 7:04 PM

Our new website is here!

Your new nonhuman rights hub For the last six months, we’ve been working on a brand-new NhRP website to give you everything you need to know about our cases and campaigns, the progress we’ve made, and all the ways you can help advance the NhRP’s unique mission to gain legal rights for nonhuman anim…

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  Courtney via the NhRP · [email protected]

June 20, 2023 at 9:30 PM

Shining a light to #FreeMinnie

In the small town of Goshen, Connecticut, an elephant stands alone on cement in a dark barn. Rocking from side to side to comfort herself, she sometimes stops to extend her trunk out from behind the thick iron bars that keep her confined to one corner of this already tiny, barren space.  If she wa…

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  Lauren via the NhRP · [email protected]

June 5, 2023 at 7:58 PM

Our apologies!

Hi John! Earlier today we sent you an email about the publication of a new graphic novel about Happy the elephant’s case and the fight for nonhuman rights. We’re aware there’s currently an issue with ordering the book through the Island Press website. We wanted to let you know we have informed Isl…

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  The NhRP · [email protected]

June 5, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Exciting news!

A new book about Happy 🐘 Our work shines a light on the suffering caused by animals’ rightlessness and their need for freedom and dignity. Thanks to a new graphic novel about the NhRP’s elephant client Happy and our fight for legal rights for animals, that light is now bigger and brighter.   Thing:…

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  Lauren via the NhRP · [email protected]

June 1, 2023 at 3:16 PM

Our latest seminar

Dear John,  Last week we hosted a special Zoom conversation about three NhRP anniversaries in May that are lighting the way to a more just future for members of other species. The video is now available to watch and share! SHARE As NhRP Litigation Director Elizabeth Stein said during the Zoom, we…

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  Lauren via the NhRP · [email protected]

May 18, 2023 at 7:11 PM

You're invited

Hi John! As you might know, May is an important month in the history of the Nonhuman Rights Project and the animal rights movement.   One year ago today, in a hearing for Happy the elephant covered by media around the world, New York’s highest court heard arguments in support of animal rights for …

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  Kiersten Cluster · [email protected]

May 16, 2023 at 7:51 PM

Honoring elephants' birthright of freedom

Guest post by #FreeBilly advocate "I do not belong here" I remember being a very young child and getting separated from my family at a zoo. I don’t remember how old I was or which zoo we visited that day. What I do remember is standing in front of an enclosure face to face with an enormous, magnific…

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  The NhRP · [email protected]

May 10, 2023 at 7:04 PM

2022 Annual Report

With thanks to you, John What we accomplished together in 2022 Our latest Annual Report is now available! Please click here to read about all we achieved with your support in 2022 and our plans for 2023.   DONATE $5 DONATE $10 DONATE $25 DONATE $50 DONATE $100 DONATE OTHER It’s because o…

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  The Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

April 25, 2023 at 7:52 PM

Our opposition

Dear John,  Can you imagine trying to pass a bill that protects an instrument used to inflict pain instead of the living beings the instrument is used on? This might sound absurd, but it’s exactly what happened in Oklahoma recently with legislation that would have exempted bullhooks from being cons…

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  Courtney via the Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

April 21, 2023 at 7:47 PM

Patty the elephant's story

Please share Three years old. $6,000. ⁣⁣ That’s the age Patty (pictured above) was when she was torn from her herd in India along with other calves, and that’s the amount the Bronx Zoo paid for her in 1973. It’s half a century later, and Patty remains in captivity in the “Wild Asia Monorail” elephan…

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  Courtney via the Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

March 16, 2023 at 3:52 PM

Happy news

Dear John,  From 2018 to 2022, Happy–an elephant held alone in captivity in the Bronx Zoo–was the NhRP’s client in what became the first animal rights case to reach a US state high court. Like all captive elephants, Happy’s life has been marked by one loss after another, beginning with the loss of …

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  Courtney via the Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

March 7, 2023 at 11:09 PM

An update on Minnie the elephant

Dear John,   It’s been a long time since we shared an update on Minnie the elephant, who tragically continues to languish in captivity on the property of a Connecticut-based traveling circus called the Commerford Zoo. And we know many of our supporters care deeply about her well-being, even more so…

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  Lauren via the Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

February 17, 2023 at 9:20 PM

A new op-ed and way to help

"Far from promoting species survival, zoos destroy the lives of individual elephants." Check out today’s San Diego Union-Tribune for our op-ed calling for an end to zoo elephant exhibits. No matter how many millions of dollars these exhibits cost, they cause tremendous mental and physical sufferin…

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  Jake via the Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

February 16, 2023 at 8:09 PM

Our new elephant client

Court case update We’ve taken on a new client in our litigation to #FreeTheFresnoElephants: his name is Mabu, and he’s one of the most exploited elephants in the US zoo system.    Mabu was part of a group of elephants captured in 2003 from eSwatini (then Swaziland) and imported to the US despite glo…

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  Courtney via the Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

February 8, 2023 at 10:49 PM

Thank you!

Following up on our recent call to action “Free Happy and Patty. End their torture.” – Comment on a recent Instagram post by the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the Bronx Zoo  Thanks to our amazing supporters, hundreds of thoughtful, impassioned comments were posted on the Bronx Zoo an…

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  Courtney via the Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

February 1, 2023 at 9:01 PM

Share your views

17 years alone Seventeen years. As of this year, that’s how long the Bronx Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society have forced an elephant they call Happy to live alone in their tiny exhibit following the deaths of Happy’s companions–her fellow prisoners–Grumpy and Sammie.  Despite all evidence, t…

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  Lauren via the Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

January 24, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Some news!

The world we'll leave to our children and grandchildren We’re delighted to announce that Elizabeth (“Liddy”) Stein—Happy’s New York counsel and a lawyer who’s been with us since the very early days—is taking on a new role at the NhRP! Liddy (pictured above speaking alongside NhRP attorney Monica M…

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  Mickey (the NhRP) · [email protected]

January 5, 2023 at 11:34 PM

Match extended!

NationBuilder Dear John, Good news! Our donation match has been extended through this weekend, which means that, for every $1 donated to the NhRP during this time, we receive $2! Please help us restore the dignity of imprisoned and exploited nonhuman animals and continue to…

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  Mickey (the NhRP) · [email protected]

December 31, 2022 at 6:28 PM

Your final chance to double your donation in 2022

NationBuilder Dear John, You still have a few more hours to make one final 2022 donation to the Nonhuman Rights Project! A reminder that our $125,000 match challenge campaign is still running and your donation will be doubled when you give through the end of the day.…

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  The Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

December 29, 2022 at 6:59 PM

A video message from Steve

NationBuilder “Often, supporters will thank us for fighting for our clients. We tell them it’s a privilege and an honor. With so many important, urgent, and interrelated causes for justice, it’s also a privilege and honor to have you on our side.”  Visit our YouTube …

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  Mickey (the NhRP) · [email protected]

December 27, 2022 at 6:32 PM

🚨 Match Announcement: Donate in 2022 and double your donation! 🚨

NationBuilder Special Match Announcement  Give a year-end gift and double your donation! Longtime NhRP supporters Carisa Janes and Jay Levitt have generously offered to match donations dollar-for-dollar up to $125,000, so your donation will be doubled when you give through …

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  Courtney (the NhRP) · [email protected]

December 22, 2022 at 3:30 PM

The key that will unlock the cages 🗝

NationBuilder Dear John, For some people, it’s understandably their worst nightmare.  You find yourself confined in a strange, empty space, everyone and everything you know gone. No way out, your existence shrunken down to a point. You know that if you don’t leave, one day,…

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  Mickey (the NhRP) · [email protected]

December 18, 2022 at 8:35 PM

Fwd: “We all need each other.” ⚖️

NationBuilder Dear John, This was a difficult year for many (after a series of difficult years); we at the NhRP have had our struggles too. But 2022 also showed how many people want to live in, and aren’t afraid to demand, a world where we treat others with respect and dign…

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  Lauren (The NhRP) · [email protected]

December 15, 2022 at 8:01 PM

“We all need each other.” ⚖️

NationBuilder Our thanks The sun was shining down on the courthouse steps as we waited in near silence for the NhRP legal team to emerge. The only sounds were the occasional whispered remark and the chirping of birds absorbed in their afternoon’s activities. Across th…

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  Elizabeth Stein · [email protected]

December 10, 2022 at 2:30 PM

Happy Animal Rights and Human Rights Day

NationBuilder Dear John, Seventy-four years ago today, the United Nations ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to affirm the importance of respect for the freedom, equality, and dignity of all individuals regardless of race, color, sex, language, religi…

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  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

December 5, 2022 at 4:01 PM

NhRP's holiday gift guide! 🎁

NationBuilder Dear John, Support nonhuman animals with your holiday shopping this year! Your gifts can help make nonhuman animal rights a legal reality and ensure that nonhuman animals’ fundamental interests are recognized and protected. See where you can make your h…

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  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

November 30, 2022 at 5:10 PM

The results are in!

NationBuilder Dear John, We had our biggest Giving Tuesday to date yesterday, surpassing our goal of $54,000! If you didn’t get a chance to donate yesterday, please consider donating now. A donation today will allow us to continue our work next year when we plan to f…

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  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

November 29, 2022 at 11:15 PM

Double your donation today only!

NationBuilder There’s still time to give! Dear John, We’ve raised two-thirds of our goal so far! There is still plenty of time to donate today and help us raise over $54,000 for the fight for nonhuman animal rights. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to double your do…

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  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

November 29, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Double your donation today and help us secure rights for nonhuman animals

NationBuilder Dear John, Today, nearly 400 elephants are imprisoned in zoos, circuses, and private properties across the US. Some were torn from their natural habitats; some were born into a life of captivity and suffering. Please make your first donation today so th…

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  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

November 23, 2022 at 4:02 PM

#GivingTuesday 2022: Less than a week to go

NationBuilder Dear John, Giving Tuesday, November 29th, is less than one week away! This year, our goal is to raise $54,000 and we need your help to get there! Every dollar raised on Giving Tuesday goes towards filing new cases, running more campaigns, and advocating…

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  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

November 18, 2022 at 4:46 PM

Save the Date: #GivingTuesday2021

NationBuilder Join us Nov. 29th Dear John, Every day, all over the world, humans treat nonhuman animals like “things,” denying their rights and causing them enormous suffering to serve human interests. The NhRP relies on the generosity of supporters like you to contin…

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  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

November 16, 2022 at 11:05 PM

A Grotesque, Unjust, and Archaic System That Needs to End

NationBuilder Court case update and how you can help Dear John, We have several important announcements in our fight to #FreeTheFresnoElephants. First: Yesterday the Fresno Superior Court denied Amahle, Nolwazi, and Vusmusi’s habeas corpus petition, which demands their right…

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  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

November 7, 2022 at 7:08 PM

Help build a better world for nonhuman beings

NationBuilder New job opening “Like me, the people in this ever-growing community, and on our ever-growing NhRP team, were deeply troubled by nonhuman animals’ thinghood and the pervasive suffering and injustice it perpetuated. We came together to work to change their archai…

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  The Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

November 2, 2022 at 5:06 PM

Shop NhRP this holiday season! 👕

NationBuilder Dear John, Shop for your holiday gifts this year on the NhRP’s online store! New products, including a holiday season-only special design, are now available. Treat your family, friends, and yourself while showing your support for the NhRP and the fight …

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  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

October 26, 2022 at 5:04 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 December 30, 2022. S…

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  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

October 24, 2022 at 8:43 PM

🚨 REMINDER 🚨 Book Giveaway: Thirty Times a Minute by Colleen Plumb

NationBuilder Special numbered-edition Dear John, A reminder that for the month of October, we are giving away a exclusive Nonhuman Rights Project numbered-edition of artist Colleen Plumb's book Thirty Times a Minute with a donation of $1,000 or more.* Colleen is a ph…

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  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

October 7, 2022 at 4:33 PM

NhRP News Roundup: New action alert to #FreeHappy and more

NationBuilder The latest from the fight for nonhuman rights 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 #Free…

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  Nonhuman Rights Project · [email protected]

September 26, 2022 at 5:50 PM

Inspired by our fight to #FreeHappy

NationBuilder Dear John,  The NhRP congratulates our cruelty-free corporate partner Hourglass Cosmetics for the launch of their Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked palettes. The three palettes feature artwork by illustrator Katie Scott, one of which depicts our elephant c…

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