Happy the elephant must remain in the Bronx Zoo, a judge has ruled Happy the elephant, a long-time resident of the Bronx Zoo, must remain there after a New York court ruled she is not legally a ...

Indeed, if the plaintiffs prevail, an elephant named Happy will be declared to be a “who” -- instead of a “what” -- and found to be entitled to the same “rights” as any human being.

Mystery surrounds Happy, the famous Bronx Zoo elephant who has been the subject of fierce legal battles, with the 53-year-old ...

Look back at the complicated history of elephants in the United States and Happy the elephant’s journey from Thailand to New York’s Bronx Zoo. This is a tappable interactive. Tap the right ...

that seeks to have judges declare Happy the elephant a “person” entitled to human-type rights. (The NonHuman Rights Project first tried this same tack with chimps.) Harvard history professor ...