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@NonhumanRights
Jul 14, 2020 • 8 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
After almost a lifetime in captivity, 14 years of which she has been forced to live alone, 49-year-old Happy deserves to be freed from her imprisonment at the @BronxZoo and released to @ElephantsTN or @PAWSARK2000. #FreeHappy Image
At the @BronxZoo, which is managed by @TheWCS, Happy is confined alone, without the necessary companionship of other elephants, in a small enclosure that contains a one-acre outdoor yard, barren corrals, and an industrial holding facility. #FreeHappy Image
Dr. Joyce Poole of @elephantvoices has stated that the Bronx Zoo’s exhibit is, in fact, unable to meet Happy’s biological, physical, and psychological needs. #FreeHappy nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…
Unlike the @BronxZoo, where its two elephants are held separately in isolation and must share a single acre of land on a rotational basis, elephant sanctuaries allow elephants to exercise genuine freedom and choice. #FreeHappy
Both @ElephantsTN & @PAWSARK2000 have agreed to provide Happy with lifelong care and refuge. They specialize in meeting the biological, physical, and psychological needs of elephants. There is nothing stopping @TheWCS and @BronxZoo from releasing Happy to a sanctuary #FreeHappy
In February a judge rejected the @BronxZoo’s claim that its imprisonment of Happy is good for her, writing: “the arguments advanced by the NhRP are extremely persuasive for transferring Happy from her solitary, lonely one-acre exhibit at the Bronx Zoo” to @ElephantsTN. #FreeHappy Image
You can help #FreeHappy by using our new action alert to send a message to the CEO and president of the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the Bronx Zoo: secure.everyaction.com/UXSSt2LxOk69OI…
You can also sign the @Change petition calling for Happy's freedom #FreeHappy change.org/p/end-happy-th…

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Sep 27, 2021
Four new amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs have been submitted in support of the Nonhuman Rights Project’s landmark habeas corpus case demanding the right to bodily liberty of an elephant named Happy held alone in captivity in the Bronx Zoo. nonhumanrights.org/blog/new-brief…
The first brief is by a group of six expert habeas corpus practitioners and scholars, including four lawyers who worked on the Central Park Jogger case.

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The second is by 14 philosophers with expertise in animal ethics, animal political theory, the philosophy of animal cognition and behavior, and the philosophy of biology.

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Elephants are self-aware, autonomous beings. They empathize with others, cooperate to solve problems and make decisions, have extensive long-term memories, teach and learn from each other, use tools, engage in complex communication, possess distinct cultures, grieve the deaths of
their loved ones, and want and need to live freely, just as we do. We are inspired every day by elephants’ resilience at the same time as we are outraged by the human actions that have forced them to endure and try to heal from trauma after trauma, loss after loss, for centuries.
For the NhRP, appreciating elephants means recognizing and protecting their right to live freely.

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Jul 31, 2020
Almost 50 years ago, a baby elephant was torn from her family in the wild, exported to the US, and sold for $4K to a family from NJ. They named her Mignon, French for "cute." In 1972 her life as an elephant ended, and her life as a source of entertainment began. A thread:
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In the 70s, the Hammonds were far from alone in having sought to turn a nonhuman being into a money-making experiment. For example, many know the story of Nim Chimpsky (nonhumanrights.org/blog/my-old-fr…). "Cute" while they're young, they become more difficult to control as they grow older.
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May 3, 2020
#AROriginStories

NhRP Development Director Mickey Suzuki's path to nonhuman #animalrights advocacy started with her parents, who taught her to treat all living beings with kindness and respect. They were the ones who instilled in her a love for nonhuman animals (1/4) Image
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Growing up in Australia, Mickey was always surrounded by nature and native animals, so it was important to her parents to teach her from an early age how to share their home and surrounding spaces (3/4)
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Today, fifty years after the first #EarthDay, we’d like to thank you for helping us build a more just world for all. Image
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When NhRP Communications Director @LaurenChoplin was in first grade, she and her two sisters pleaded with their parents to let them keep a dog they'd found on the street and brought home in a wheelbarrow. After no one claimed the dog at the shelter, their parents relented.
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One of Lauren's most vivid childhood memories is of crouching on the floor alone with Molly, who'd become ill, and imagining she could use her hands and tears to magically take away Molly's sickness.
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