Forwarded from Insider Paper
Feels like there's more to this than the surface. 🤔🤷♂️
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-15/happy-the-elephant-is-not-a-person-stay-at-bronx-zoo/101154776
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-15/happy-the-elephant-is-not-a-person-stay-at-bronx-zoo/101154776
www.abc.net.au
Happy is 'intelligent' and 'deserving of proper care', but that doesn't make her a person
The New York Court of Appeals said a writ of habeas corpus is intended to protect the liberty of human beings and does not apply to a non-human animal like Happy the elephant.