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Happy the Elephant, the beloved Bronx Zoo icon who proved the incredible intelligence of her species and was the center of a “human” rights case, was euthanized Tuesday. The 55-year-old Asian elephant ...

Activists had sued in a bid to secure her the fundamental human right to bodily liberty. Zoo officials said she was well cared for and called the lawsuit frivolous. By Ed Shanahan Happy, a 55-year-old ...

Happy was the focus of a high-profile court case launched in 2018 over whether she had the legal rights of a person Happy, an elephant that became embroiled in a high-profile court case over whether ...

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Happy, an Asian elephant who had lived at the Bronx Zoo since 1977, was euthanized on May 26 after a period of declining health. She was renowned for both her contributions to science and her role in ...

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NEW YORK — Happy, a Bronx Zoo elephant who gave researchers new insight into the animal's behavior and became the crux of a closely watched animal rights case, has been euthanized at age 55, the zoo ...