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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graeme Massie

Happy the Elephant is not a person and must stay at Bronx Zoo, court rules

AP

Happy the elephant cannot be legally considered a human and can be kept at the Bronx Zoo, New York’s highest court has ruled.

The Nonhuman Rights Project had brought a case challenging the zoo’s confinement of the 41-year-old elephant, but it was rejected in a 5-2 decision by the state Court of Appeals.

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