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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Michael Hill | Associated Press

Can an elephant also be considered a person? That’s what New York’s high court is being asked.

Happy, an Asian elephant, at the Bronx Zoo, is at the center of a lawsuit now before New York’s highest court over whether a basic right for people can be extended to an animal. (Bebeto Matthews / AP)

ALBANY, N.Y. — The trunk is the dead giveaway: Happy is an elephant.

But New York’s highest court is being asked: Can the Bronx Zoo’s Asian elephant also be considered a person?

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