Zoo elephant is being ‘unlawfully imprisoned,’ group says

NEW YORK (AP) — An animal welfare group says an elephant named Happy who has lived mostly alone since her mate was fatally injured is being “unlawfully imprisoned” by a New York City zoo.
In a legal petition filed Tuesday in Orleans County, the Nonhuman Rights Project says Happy has similar rights to a human being and should be relocated from the Bronx Zoo to a larger private sanctuary.
Bronx Zoo Director Jim Breheny says the lawsuit is based on “ludicrous legal arguments