Happy the elephant dies at Bronx Zoo after landmark animal rights legal battle IN FULL The Independent UK · May 28
Happy the elephant’s final goodbye leaves Bronx Zoo staff in tears A Bronx Zoo elephant who gave researchers new insights and became the crux of a closely watched animal rights case has died The Independent UK · May 28
‘Sly stowaway’ UK fox finds new home at Bronx Zoo after illicit transatlantic trip The fox is said to be ‘settling in well’ after mischievous 3,400 mile journey from Southampton to New York The Guardian - UK · Mar 11
Why this US zoo is feeding a baby vulture with a hand puppet The decades-old technique is used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human handlers The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: New Balloons, Floats, And Performances Celebrate the 100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with new balloons, floats, and performances in NYC. Top News · Nov 28, 2024
Where’s Happy? The mystery surrounding Bronx Zoo’s famous elephant Happy, who has been the subject of fierce legal battles, is ‘doing well,’ according to zoo officials The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2024
A 7-month-old tree kangaroo peeked out of its mom's pouch at the Bronx Zoo and here are the photos Another baby tree kangaroo can be seen at the Bronx Zoo after months of hiding in its mother's pouch The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2024
Rescued alligator that was recovering at NYC zoo has died An emaciated alligator that was found in a New York City lake and sent to the Bronx Zoo for recovery has died The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023
Alligator pulled from lake may have been kept as a pet and swallowed bath plug Vets at the Bronx Zoo found a four-inch wide bathtub plug in the animal's stomach, and the alligator is too weakened to attempt a removal. She was found in New York's Prospect Park Daily Mirror · Feb 27, 2023
X-ray shows underweight alligator too ‘weak to eat on its own’ and had swallowed tub stopper The emaciated animal was found in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and is being cared for at Bronx Zoo The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2023
Sick alligator found in New York lake had swallowed bath plug, X-Ray shows An alligator that was rescued from a chilly lake in New York City over the weekend had swallowed a bath plug, authorities have revealed. Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2023
Alligator pulled from NYC lake had swallowed bathtub stopper Authorities say the alligator that was rescued from a chilly lake in New York City over the weekend had swallowed a bathtub stopper The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023
X-ray shows underweight New York alligator too ‘weak to eat on its own’ and had swallowed tub stopper The emaciated animal was found in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and is being cared for at Bronx Zoo The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023
Large alligator dumped in lake in Brooklyn, New York, shocks local fishermen The cold and sickly reptile has been sent to Bronx Zoo to be nursed back to health Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2023
The Guardian - US · Feb 20, 2023 Alligator found in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Reptile rescued from lake on Sunday is most likely an unwanted pet and has been taken to Bronx Zoo for rehabilitation
The Guardian - US · Jul 30, 2022 Theme parks were not meant for Black families: why racism at Sesame Place is part of a shameful tradition From old Coney Island to the Bronx Zoo, parks excluded Black people and even put them on display to amuse white people
Los Angeles Times · Jul 12, 2022 Nicholas Goldberg: Are animals entitled to basic legal rights just like people? Happy is an Asian elephant who has lived since 1977 in captivity at the Bronx Zoo.
The Conversation · Jun 21, 2022 From AIs to an unhappy elephant, the legal question of who is a person is approaching a reckoning Happy the elephant’s story is a sad one. She is currently a resident of the Bronx Zoo in the US, where the Nonhuman Rights Project (a civil rights organisation) claims she is subject to unlawful detention. The campaigners sought a writ of habeas corpus on Happy’s behalf to request that…
Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2022 Bronx Zoo’s Happy the Elephant is ‘not a person,’ NY Court of Appeals rules NEW YORK — It’s a sad day to be Happy.
WEKU · Jun 14, 2022 Happy the elephant is not a person, a court rules The 5-2 decision by the court comes in a closely watched case that tested the boundaries of applying human rights to animals.
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022 Happy the Elephant is not a person and must stay at Bronx Zoo, court rules The wild-born animal has been at the zoo since 1977
Reason · Jun 14, 2022 No Habeas Corpus for Happy the Elephant From today's opinion from New York's high court in In the Matter of Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc., written by Judge DiFiore: For centuries, the common law writ of habeas corpus has safeguarded the liberty rights of human beings by providing a means to secure release from illegal custody. The question…
Axios · Jun 14, 2022 New York court rules Happy the elephant is not a person "The writ of habeas corpus ... has no applicability to Happy, a nonhuman animal."
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022 Top state court rejects effort to free Bronx Zoo elephant New York’s top court has rejected an effort to free Happy the elephant from the Bronx Zoo
WEKU · May 19, 2022 Happy is an Asian elephant. But can she also be considered a person? Through an attorney, the Bronx Zoo argues Happy is neither illegally imprisoned nor a person, but a well-cared-for elephant "respected as the magnificent creature she is."