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The effort is being led by the Nonhuman Rights Project and its president, Steven Wise, who has been advocating for years to establish legal rights for animals.
December 10, 2018 at 06:46 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Newyorklawjournal/newyorklawjournal
Lawyers for Happy, a 47-year-old Asian elephant that lives alone at the Bronx Zoo, are traveling this week to a court in a rural county in the northwest corner of New York for a hearing scheduled for Friday on their efforts to get the animal released.
At issue is the legal personhood of nonhumans who come before the court.
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