Happy, a Bronx Zoo elephant who became the crux of a closely watched animal rights case, has been euthanized at age 55, the ...
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Happy the Bronx Zoo elephant, who changed what scientists knew and sparked a rights battle, dies at 55
Zoo officials said she spent her final weeks in an off-exhibit barn and yard within her enclosure by her own choice.
Happy made history in 2005 by passing a mirror self-recognition test, a milestone for elephant cognition research ...
Activists had sued in a bid to secure her the fundamental human right to bodily liberty. Zoo officials said she was well ...
The Wildlife Conservation Society decided back in 2006 to stop acquiring new elephants, which means the current elephant, 57-year-old Patty will be the Bronx Zoo’s very last elephant.
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