Statement from the Bronx ZooBronx Zoo, Feb. 19, 2020 – The Bronx Zoo issued a statement today in connection with a lawsuit filed against the zoo by the NonHuman Rights Project. The statement concerns a judge’s dismissal of a case against the zoo in which the judge finds the elephant at the Bronx Zoo, Happy, “is not a “person” and is not being illegally imprisoned.” Said Jim Breheny, Director of the Bronx Zoo and EVP of Zoos & Aquarium at the Wildlife Conse...

The New York State Supreme Court in Orleans County today ruled that a habeas corpus petition filed by the NonHuman Rights Project (NRP) -- claiming Happy, a 47 year old Asian elephant at the Bronx Zoo, should have the same rights as a  person – would be more properly heard in Bronx County. Today’s ruling is the latest in a long series of losses for this group as they desperately seek ways to use the courts to advance their agenda. Similar petitions brought by NRP in all four judicial departments in the State of New York, as well as a court in Connecticut, have been rejected on the merits.

New York (March 22, 2018) - An elephant captured on video by Vinay Kumar, Assistant Director with the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS)-India Program has WCS scientists and others scratching their heads.