Send Happy to Sanctuary!

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This week marks the 16^th year that Happy has be held alone during the 45 years that she has been imprisoned at the Bronx Zoo. After almost a lifetime in captivity, 51-year-old Happy deserves to be freed from the Bronx Zoo and sent to an elephant sanctuary.

Science and human experience make clear that elephants are autonomous animals. They are cognitively, emotionally, and socially complex beings who have the capacity to exercise free will and make choices about how to spend their days and live their lives, just as human beings do. Forcing an elephant like Happy to live alone in a small unnatural environment, where she is prevented from exercising free will and engaging in her innate behaviors, causes physical and emotional suffering.

It's time for the Bronx Zoo to send Happy to an elephant sanctuary where she can live freely with other elephants in an environment that is similar to her natural habitat.

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Please urge Jim Breheny, Executive Director of the Bronx Zoo, and Cristián Samper, President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society, to send Happy to an elephant sanctuary.

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Please send Happy to an elephant sanctuary

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Happy has now spent 16 years alone during the 45 years she has been imprisoned at the Bronx Zoo and it is time for her to be sent to an elephant sanctuary where she can live in a way that allows her to regain the freedom that was stolen from her so long ago.

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Science and human experience make clear that elephants are autonomous animals. In other words, they are cognitively, emotionally, and socially complex beings who have the capacity to exercise free will and make choices about how to spend their days and live their lives, just as human beings do. The Bronx Zoo, by forcing Happy to live a solitary life on display in a small enclosure, has deprived her of the freedom and environmental stimuli necessary to meet her physical and psychological needs.

At an elephant sanctuary, Happy would be able to live in an environment similar to her natural habitat. She would have ample space to roam, with access to topographic features and stimuli required for her emotional and physical well-being. Additionally, she would live with other elephants and have the freedom to choose how to spend her time and with whom.

The Wildlife Conservation Society committed to closing its elephant exhibit upon the death of one of its elephants, which happened in 2018 when Maxine was euthanized. Now is the time to follow through with your promise and close your elephant exhibit and send Happy to sanctuary.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

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