Feb 13, 2025 · The last two elephants at the Bronx Zoo should be immediately moved to an animal sanctuary, a group of Big Apple lawyers contended Wednesday as questions about the …

Aug 6, 2024 · Happy the Elephant, one-half of the Bronx Zoo’s famous Asian elephant pairing, hasn’t been spotted at the zoo in nearly three weeks, activists say.

Jun 14, 2022 · New York’s highest court ruled Tuesday that an elephant at the Bronx Zoo is not a “person” and that the civil rights group fighting for her release to a sanctuary is not entitled to …

Concerns are mounting over the well-being of Happy, a 53-year-old elephant at the Bronx Zoo, who has not been visible to the public for nearly six weeks. Activists from the Nonhuman Rights...

Feb 6, 2025 · The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States, the Bronx Zoo comprises 265 acres of parklands and naturalistic habitats, home to over 4,000 animals, many of which are …

Feb 14, 2025 · A New York City lawyers' association is calling on city agencies to take immediate action to relocate the Bronx Zoo’s last two Asian elephants to a sanctuary.

Sep 12, 2024 · Happy, a female Asian elephant in her early 50s kept at New York’s Bronx Zoo since 1977, had not been seen in her exhibit for months, leading to allegations from activists. …

Aug 23, 2024 · The famous Bronx Zoo elephant "Happy" hasn’t been spotted by visitors in nearly six weeks — and activists say she's likely hiding in a small barn because she’s depressed.

Oct 1, 2024 · There's concern about the health and mental state of the most famous elephant in America. Happy the Elephant resides at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Happy had not been seen …

Jan 13, 2024 · Does Happy the elephant have the right to habeas corpus and freedom from unlawful detention? A Bronx Zoo case illuminates the future of animal legal rights.

Jan 7, 2025 · The nonprofit advocacy group In Defense of Animals has ranked the Bronx Zoo as the second-worst zoo in North America for elephants in its annual Ten Worst Zoos for …

Mar 18, 2023 · A bill introduced this past week by Democratic Councilwoman Shahana Hanif in essence would ban elephant captivity citywide by requiring the animals to have habitats of at …

Mar 16, 2023 · Animal advocates clamoring for the release of the Bronx Zoo’s Happy the Elephant from its enclosure had been dealt a major legal defeat from the state’s highest-ranking court, …

The Bronx Zoo (also historically the Bronx Zoological Park and the Bronx Zoological Gardens) is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York. ... In late 2018, one of the zoo's other …

Feb 13, 2025 · In this photo provided by Zoos Victoria on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, handler Tayla Newman interacts with female elephant calf Aiyara, at Melbourne Zoo, Australia, as they train …

Jan 7, 2025 · The Bronx Zoo was just named among the “worst zoos” for elephants in North America by animal rights group In Defense of Animals over the “cruel confinement” of its Asian …