NYC lawyers call on Bronx Zoo’s last 2 elephants Happy and Patty to be moved to animal sanctuary as concerns over care grow
The New York City Bar wants the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) — which operates the famous zoo — to either voluntarily ...
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Lawyers call for transfer of Bronx Zoo’s last 2 elephants to sanctuary
Lawyers are urging city officials to send the Bronx Zoo’s last two elephants to a sanctuary. The New York City Bar ...
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NYC Bar Association urges city to relocate Bronx Zoo’s last two elephants to sanctuary
A New York City lawyers' association is calling on city agencies to take immediate action to relocate the Bronx Zoo’s last ...
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Court: Elephants can’t pursue their release from Colorado zoo
The ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court follows a similar court defeat in New York in 2022 for an elephant named Happy at the Bronx Zoo in a case brought by an animal rights group. Rulings in ...
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Elephants cannot sue to get out of the zoo, Colorado’s top court rules
It followed a similar decision in 2022 by New York state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, that another aged elephant, Happy, had to remain at New York City’s Bronx Zoo. An animal rights ...
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Fact or Fiction: Colorado Supreme Court rules elephants aren't people?
the elephants are not human and therefore don't have the legal right to pursue their release. A New York court made a similar ruling involving an elephant at the Bronx Zoo in 2022.
Flaco the owl’s troubled freedom: A meditation on zoos, stories and empathy
New Yorkers hold a memorial for Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle owl who died last week, leaving cards in his memory under a tree ...
Piles of poo, hissing cockroaches: Harmless ways to get back at your ex on Valentine's Day
Zoos across the country are offering creative ways to let that former boyfriend or girlfriend know what you really think of ...