'No one disputes that elephants are intelligent beings deserving of proper care and compassion,' wrote Chief Justice Janet DiFiore in a decision declaring Happy the elephant 'not a 'person.''
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The case sought to have Happy — one of the Bronx Zoo’s last elephants — transferred to an elephant sanctuary. The zoo has said that it would no longer bring elephants into its captive elephant program. Happy’s plight has received attention in recent years among animal rights proponents and legal scholars awaiting a decision in the potentially landmark case. Happy appeared to recognize her own reflection in a mirror in 1985, passing a test that few animals have. It has been described by advocates as a testament to her capacity for self-awareness, as well as that of other elephants.
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