Baby animals are basically human children in a different form. Or at least they can act so similarly at times that their ...

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 ...

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 ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Friday, Aug. 12, is World Elephant Day, and the Sedgwick County Zoo (SCZ) is celebrating the birthday of one of its elephants, Stephanie, who is turning 51 on Saturday.

Hesper E. Faliveno and Gordon G. Gallup Jr. in their commentary "Happy the elephant is far better off where she is," July 12, agreed with the state Court of Appeals that Happy the elephant should ...

A group called the Nonhuman Rights Project sought Happy's release from the zoo. Happy the elephant will have to be happy just being an elephant. A judge in the New York City has dismissed a lawsuit ...

"Thing: Inside the Struggle for Animal Personhood follows the battle to move Happy, a 50-year-old Asian elephant, from the Bronx Zoo to sanctuary… I hope that this groundbreaking graphic novel will ...