ROBERT GAVIN: Steven Wise, president of the Nonhuman Rights Project [NhRP], asked the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court’s First Department to order a writ of habeas corpus for the release of Happy, a 49-year-old female Asian elephant facing a winter in a windowless enclosure at the zoo. Wise told the court Happy has been … Continue reading #FreeHappy: Appellate court hears landmark case for personhood of Happy the elephant at New York City zoo