Brooklyn Council Member Shahana Hanif will introduce a bill Thursday that would, in effect, force the Bronx Zoo to give up custody of New York City’s two remaining elephants, Happy and Patty. “No ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Happy the elephant will remain at the Bronx Zoo after New York's top court ruled the animal does not meet the definition of an illegally confined person. The 5-2 decision means ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s top court on ...

The Nonhuman Rights Project was pushing for the distinction. A yearslong legal attempt to get Happy, an elephant residing at the Bronx Zoo, transferred to an elephant sanctuary failed Tuesday when New ...