Court to decide whether Happy the elephant deserves basic human rights

Happy, a 47-year-old Asian elephant living at the Bronx Zoo,Nonhuman Rights Project , a non-profit civil rights organization advocating for the legal personhood of great apes, elephants, dolphins and whales,against the zoo in 2018 "demanding recognition of Happy's legal personhood and fundamental right to bodily liberty and her release to an elephant sanctuary."

"It's the nature of the detention and the nature of the species" that make Happy's conditions a violation of habeas corpus, Monica Miller, a lawyer with the NhRP, told CNN. The NhRP has called for Happy to be released to either the The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee or the Performing Animal Welfare Society sanctuary in California. Neither group is affiliated with the NhRP.. Happy has contact with another elephant and is cared for "by well-trained large animal veterinarians and by animal keepers who treat Happy with respect and kindness.

And the case also has broader legal implications, the zoo argues. Habeas corpus has never been applied to nonhuman animals in New York, says the zoo, and doing so would open the door to legal chaos and add greater strain on the state's court systems. Miller said Happy "is more like a human for the purpose of right to bodily liberty," noting the ruling wouldn't necessarily open the floodgates to other animals like dogs or livestock gaining human rights.

Call it animal rights not human

I wonder which party Happy will vote for... woof

Will that elephant an his friends be in court 🤔

AnimalJustice Friends_of_Lucy 🙏for Happy 🐘🇺🇸& Next is Lucy💜🐘🇨🇦🙏

FreeHappy FreeLucy

omg, it's Doug Ford

Is this Doug Ford

FYI, elephants are not human

More so than many humans do

she's 👏 an 👏 ELEPHANT!!!! what the AF is wrong with people... sigh

All creatures deserve respect and safety, both physically and psychologically

Are u fucking serious

Of course he does like EVERY OTHER ANIMAL on this planet.

In the court of Dan, happy has human rights.

If people want laws to protect animals, then push for the creation and development of laws that protect animals. Abusing laws that are about people have unintended consequences, as was stated by the zoo.

Does it want a sex change?

elephants are cute and deserve everything good

Close all zoos.

Of course deserves basic rights how does it come into question and have to be shared among a tribunal.

Wouldn’t it be basic animal rights?

Humane rights.

Sounds like slavery to me. I always knew those blasted elephants were up to something. Never trust an elephant, I always say. Human slavery and they cheat at tug of war, too.

No...human rights are not what its about. Nonhuman Rights - recognition of Happy's legal personhood. Person does not refer to human. It's sentience.

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