Happy the elephant was the first elephant to pass the mirror test – a sign of self-awareness. She has been the centre of a legal case in New York about if she should be granted personhood. The court has now issued its verdict
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, a right guaranteed by the US Constitution that prevents a person’s unlawful and indefinite imprisonment. The group argued that the same right should be extended to Happy and that she should be moved to a sanctuary.
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