Whether she’s happy or not is apparently up for debate. Happy, the famous Bronx Zoo Asian elephant, was recently spotted in public for the first time in nearly 10 weeks — and sparked concern from the ...

NEW YORK — Happy the elephant may be intelligent and deserving of compassion, but she cannot be considered a person who is illegally confined to the Bronx Zoo, New York’s top court ruled Tuesday. The ...

The recent case of Happy the elephant, revolving around animal rights activists’ attempts to get her freed from the Bronx Zoo and put in a sanctuary, was based on preconceived ideas about what she ...

She has four limbs, expressive eyes and likes to stroll through greenery in New York City. Happy, by species, is an Asian elephant. But is she also a person? That was the question before New York’s ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Happy the elephant will stay at the Bronx Zoo after New York state's highest court on Tuesday ruled against an animal rights group that said she deserved some of the same rights as ...