Tag: Bronx Zoo

Happy the Elephant Is Denied Personhood, to Stay at Bronx Zoo

NEW YORK—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 humans and should be freed. In a 5–2 decision, the Albany-based Court of Appeals said the writ of habeas corpus, which…


Cougar Kept as Illegal Pet Removed From NYC Home

The NYPD helped remove an 80-pound cougar from a New York City apartment where she was kept illegally as a pet, animal welfare officials said Monday. The owners in the Bronx realized the 11-month-old female wild cat was not fit to live in an apartment and surrendered the animal last week. The cougar, nicknamed Sasha,…