The Nonhuman Rights Project
@nonhumanrights.bsky.social
The only civil rights organization in the US dedicated solely to securing legal rights for nonhuman animals
🪧Join the NhRP and local advocates THIS Saturday (11/22) outside the #PittsburghZoo to stand up for Angeline, Savanna, Tasha, Victoria & Zuri as we call for their release to an accredited sanctuary!
📅Nov. 22
🕚11am ET
📍Butler St. & One Wild Place
Learn more & RSVP: www.facebook.com/share/1BddwY...
📅Nov. 22
🕚11am ET
📍Butler St. & One Wild Place
Learn more & RSVP: www.facebook.com/share/1BddwY...
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🪧Join the NhRP and local advocates THIS Saturday (11/22) outside the #PittsburghZoo to stand up for Angeline, Savanna, Tasha, Victoria & Zuri as we call for their release to an accredited sanctuary!
📅Nov. 22
🕚11am ET
📍Butler St. & One Wild Place
Learn more & RSVP: www.facebook.com/share/1BddwY...
📅Nov. 22
🕚11am ET
📍Butler St. & One Wild Place
Learn more & RSVP: www.facebook.com/share/1BddwY...
BREAKING: We submitted a habeas corpus petition on behalf of five elephants imprisoned at the Pittsburgh Zoo. Existing laws regulate care, but do not address their freedom. #FreeThePittsburghElephants 🐘 Join us as we fight for their right to liberty: bit.ly/4ovht20
Savanna, Tasha, Angeline, Victoria, and Zuri
A client page for the elephants confined in the Pittsburgh Zoo in Pennsylvania, including the elephants' stories and a court case timeline.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
BREAKING: We submitted a habeas corpus petition on behalf of five elephants imprisoned at the Pittsburgh Zoo. Existing laws regulate care, but do not address their freedom. #FreeThePittsburghElephants 🐘 Join us as we fight for their right to liberty: bit.ly/4ovht20
#ActionAlert: Help us demand the AZA end one of the most harmful practices in US zoos: captive elephant breeding. 🐘 This broken system puts profits over elephants’ autonomy & well-being. ⚠️ Your voice matters—tell AZA CEO Dan Ashe to end it now: bit.ly/4mgr10f
Take Action to Help Elephants!
Take action and urge the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to end its captive elephant breeding program.
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August 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
#ActionAlert: Help us demand the AZA end one of the most harmful practices in US zoos: captive elephant breeding. 🐘 This broken system puts profits over elephants’ autonomy & well-being. ⚠️ Your voice matters—tell AZA CEO Dan Ashe to end it now: bit.ly/4mgr10f
Hear directly from one of the world’s leading voices in elephant cognition and behavior in this special video message from Dr. Mickey Pardo for #WorldElephantDay! youtube.com/shorts/WVkVe...
Insights from Dr. Mickey Pardo for World Elephant Day 2025
YouTube video by Nonhuman Rights Project
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August 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hear directly from one of the world’s leading voices in elephant cognition and behavior in this special video message from Dr. Mickey Pardo for #WorldElephantDay! youtube.com/shorts/WVkVe...
📌 We’re hiring a Development Manager! #nonprofitjobs Join a small but mighty team on a mission to secure legal rights for nonhuman animals. ⚖️🐘 Position: remote – US. Ideal candidates must have CRM & donor relations experience. Apply: www.nonhumanrights.org/blog/hiring-...
July 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
📌 We’re hiring a Development Manager! #nonprofitjobs Join a small but mighty team on a mission to secure legal rights for nonhuman animals. ⚖️🐘 Position: remote – US. Ideal candidates must have CRM & donor relations experience. Apply: www.nonhumanrights.org/blog/hiring-...
Ongard was born into captivity, torn from his mother at 7, and shipped 9,000 miles to Zoo Miami where he is now used in the AZA’s invasive breeding program. He never had freedom or a choice. This isn’t conservation. It’s exploitation. 🐘📢 Speak out: freetobeelephants.com/elephant/ong...
July 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ongard was born into captivity, torn from his mother at 7, and shipped 9,000 miles to Zoo Miami where he is now used in the AZA’s invasive breeding program. He never had freedom or a choice. This isn’t conservation. It’s exploitation. 🐘📢 Speak out: freetobeelephants.com/elephant/ong...
Join us this Saturday, June 21st join us for a peaceful rally demanding the City Council and the Zoo Director give Billy and Tina a chance to live freely and heal at a true sanctuary! 📢 #NotAnotherZoo RSVP: bit.ly/45s8SXM
June 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Join us this Saturday, June 21st join us for a peaceful rally demanding the City Council and the Zoo Director give Billy and Tina a chance to live freely and heal at a true sanctuary! 📢 #NotAnotherZoo RSVP: bit.ly/45s8SXM
Imagine losing every child you ever had because of where you’re forced to live. That's Rozie's reality—a 32-year-old Asian elephant held captive at ABQ BioPark, denied the freedom she deserves. Share her story + sign our pledge to #EndElephantCaptivity: freetobeelephants.com/elephant/roz...
June 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Imagine losing every child you ever had because of where you’re forced to live. That's Rozie's reality—a 32-year-old Asian elephant held captive at ABQ BioPark, denied the freedom she deserves. Share her story + sign our pledge to #EndElephantCaptivity: freetobeelephants.com/elephant/roz...
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We’re hiring!
We are looking for a driven lawyer to work closely with the Executive Director to help advance our mission to protect animals through legal interventions.
Deadline to apply is 30th June.
See how to apply here: animallawfoundation.org/careers
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #JobAlert
We are looking for a driven lawyer to work closely with the Executive Director to help advance our mission to protect animals through legal interventions.
Deadline to apply is 30th June.
See how to apply here: animallawfoundation.org/careers
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #JobAlert
June 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We’re hiring!
We are looking for a driven lawyer to work closely with the Executive Director to help advance our mission to protect animals through legal interventions.
Deadline to apply is 30th June.
See how to apply here: animallawfoundation.org/careers
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #JobAlert
We are looking for a driven lawyer to work closely with the Executive Director to help advance our mission to protect animals through legal interventions.
Deadline to apply is 30th June.
See how to apply here: animallawfoundation.org/careers
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #JobAlert
#ICYMI We’re waiting for the court to set a date for oral arguments in our case for #chimpanzeerights in #PureMichigan. Here’s where things stand and what you can do today to help. 👇 Learn more: www.nonhumanrights.org/client/the-d...
#AnimalLaw #NonhumanRights
#AnimalLaw #NonhumanRights
June 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
#ICYMI We’re waiting for the court to set a date for oral arguments in our case for #chimpanzeerights in #PureMichigan. Here’s where things stand and what you can do today to help. 👇 Learn more: www.nonhumanrights.org/client/the-d...
#AnimalLaw #NonhumanRights
#AnimalLaw #NonhumanRights
NhRP Executive Director @chrandberry.bsky.social was interviewed for @reason.com on the topic of #AnimalPersonhood: “courts are trying to police a boundary between humans and animals and not recognizing that things don't always fall into a neat dichotomy." Read in full➡️📰 reason.com/2025/05/24/w...
Cocaine hippos, monkey copyrights, and a horse named justice: The debate over animal personhood
Are human courts the best venue to protect wild animals?
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June 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
NhRP Executive Director @chrandberry.bsky.social was interviewed for @reason.com on the topic of #AnimalPersonhood: “courts are trying to police a boundary between humans and animals and not recognizing that things don't always fall into a neat dichotomy." Read in full➡️📰 reason.com/2025/05/24/w...
Imagine what’s possible when we choose to honor and respect the inherent right of nonhuman animals to live freely, with dignity and autonomy. What would that look like? We imagine it looks something like this incredible news from Virunga National Park & GRACE Gorillas ❤️ #conservation #NhRP
June 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Imagine what’s possible when we choose to honor and respect the inherent right of nonhuman animals to live freely, with dignity and autonomy. What would that look like? We imagine it looks something like this incredible news from Virunga National Park & GRACE Gorillas ❤️ #conservation #NhRP
🚨#ActionAlert: elephants, Billy & Tina, remain in constructive custody of the City of L.A. 📣 Help us urge the L.A. City Council President to hold a hearing on Motion 25-0446 calling for a full assessment on relocation options for Billy & Tina: action.nonhumanrights.org/a/lacitycoun...
June 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
🚨#ActionAlert: elephants, Billy & Tina, remain in constructive custody of the City of L.A. 📣 Help us urge the L.A. City Council President to hold a hearing on Motion 25-0446 calling for a full assessment on relocation options for Billy & Tina: action.nonhumanrights.org/a/lacitycoun...
The L.A. Zoo claims Billy & Tina will be better off at the Tulsa Zoo, but that’s not the case. Billy in particular will likely suffer as a recommended candidate for captive breeding. This transfer is not about Billy’s autonomy or care. It’s about using him. Again. 💔
June 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The L.A. Zoo claims Billy & Tina will be better off at the Tulsa Zoo, but that’s not the case. Billy in particular will likely suffer as a recommended candidate for captive breeding. This transfer is not about Billy’s autonomy or care. It’s about using him. Again. 💔
For decades, advocates have been calling for Billy and Tina’s release from the L.A. Zoo. But do you know why their stories have sparked such public outcry? #FreeBilly #FreeTina ➡️ Please take a few minutes today to read Billy & Tina’s harrowing histories: www.nonhumanrights.org/client/billy...
May 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
For decades, advocates have been calling for Billy and Tina’s release from the L.A. Zoo. But do you know why their stories have sparked such public outcry? #FreeBilly #FreeTina ➡️ Please take a few minutes today to read Billy & Tina’s harrowing histories: www.nonhumanrights.org/client/billy...
"On Tuesday, the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a petition in court seeking recognition of the elephants’ “right to liberty” and their release to an accredited sanctuary." Read full story via @latimes.com ➡️ www.latimes.com/california/s...
Elephants Billy and Tina whisked out of L.A. Zoo by night amid protests, arrive in Tulsa
Despite protests and objections since the announcement that Billy and Tina would be transferred from the Los Angeles Zoo to the Tulsa Zoo, the aging elephants have arrived in Oklahoma.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"On Tuesday, the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a petition in court seeking recognition of the elephants’ “right to liberty” and their release to an accredited sanctuary." Read full story via @latimes.com ➡️ www.latimes.com/california/s...
🚨UPDATE: On 5/20 the NhRP announced we’d filed a habeas corpus petition seeking Billy & Tina's right to liberty and release to a sanctuary. On 5/21 the #LAZoo announced that they'd already transported Billy & Tina to the #TulsaZoo. See a statement from our Litigation Director Elizabeth Stein below:
May 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Tasha was taken from the wild in 1976. She’s spent 45 yrs on less than 1 acre of space at the Pittsburgh Zoo. Her suffering isn’t conservation—it’s cruelty. 📢 Read her story & take action to give her the freedom she deserves: freetobeelephants.com/elephant/tas...
May 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Tasha was taken from the wild in 1976. She’s spent 45 yrs on less than 1 acre of space at the Pittsburgh Zoo. Her suffering isn’t conservation—it’s cruelty. 📢 Read her story & take action to give her the freedom she deserves: freetobeelephants.com/elephant/tas...
After 30 years in captivity, Pupy the elephant was finally freed this April. Now at an elephant sanctuary, she’s thriving—her story shows what's not just possible for elephants, but what’s just.🌿🐘 Follow her story: @globalelephants.org | #animallaw #nonhumanrights
May 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
After 30 years in captivity, Pupy the elephant was finally freed this April. Now at an elephant sanctuary, she’s thriving—her story shows what's not just possible for elephants, but what’s just.🌿🐘 Follow her story: @globalelephants.org | #animallaw #nonhumanrights
It began with a bold idea: nonhuman animals are entitled to actual, enforceable legal rights—not just compassion. This May celebrate 30 years of the #NhRP! We’re sharing key moments, personal stories, and the powerful impact of your support. nonhumanrightsproject.donorsupport.co/page/sowingt...
May 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It began with a bold idea: nonhuman animals are entitled to actual, enforceable legal rights—not just compassion. This May celebrate 30 years of the #NhRP! We’re sharing key moments, personal stories, and the powerful impact of your support. nonhumanrightsproject.donorsupport.co/page/sowingt...
🌊 Science fiction? More like science. A new #NatGeo article dives into @projectceti.bsky.social's work decoding sperm whale communication—and the legal ripple effects. Proud to see NhRP attorney Spencer Lo quoted on what this could mean for #nonhumanrights www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Whales could one day defend themselves in court—and in their own words
Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering sperm whale communication. Their breakthroughs could open the door to expanded whale rights and even legal personhood.
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April 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🌊 Science fiction? More like science. A new #NatGeo article dives into @projectceti.bsky.social's work decoding sperm whale communication—and the legal ripple effects. Proud to see NhRP attorney Spencer Lo quoted on what this could mean for #nonhumanrights www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
The LA Zoo's decision to send Billy & Tina to the Tulsa Zoo instead of a sanctuary is wrong. Billy and Tina deserve the peace and freedom offered by sanctuaries. We support Councilman Bob Blumenfield's motion to halt the move. #FreeBilly #SanctuaryNotCaptivity #AnimalWelfare #SupportTheMotion
April 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The LA Zoo's decision to send Billy & Tina to the Tulsa Zoo instead of a sanctuary is wrong. Billy and Tina deserve the peace and freedom offered by sanctuaries. We support Councilman Bob Blumenfield's motion to halt the move. #FreeBilly #SanctuaryNotCaptivity #AnimalWelfare #SupportTheMotion
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In a new article in #ELQ_Quarterly, CETIxMOTH @nyulaw.bsky.social explore how advances in understanding nonhuman animal communication can be used to generate legal protections for them. By: César Rodríguez-Garavito, David Gruber, Ashley Otilia Nemeth and @begus.bsky.social
Read here: bit.ly/42q1wSy
Read here: bit.ly/42q1wSy
April 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In a new article in #ELQ_Quarterly, CETIxMOTH @nyulaw.bsky.social explore how advances in understanding nonhuman animal communication can be used to generate legal protections for them. By: César Rodríguez-Garavito, David Gruber, Ashley Otilia Nemeth and @begus.bsky.social
Read here: bit.ly/42q1wSy
Read here: bit.ly/42q1wSy
A truly sustainable future means more than green choices—it means fairer systems. 🌍 This #EarthDay, stand for all who call this planet home—not just ecosystems, but individuals. Support justice for nonhuman animals. ⚖️ www.nonhumanrights.org?form=FUNDJLL...
#AnimalRights #EarthDay2025
#AnimalRights #EarthDay2025
April 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A truly sustainable future means more than green choices—it means fairer systems. 🌍 This #EarthDay, stand for all who call this planet home—not just ecosystems, but individuals. Support justice for nonhuman animals. ⚖️ www.nonhumanrights.org?form=FUNDJLL...
#AnimalRights #EarthDay2025
#AnimalRights #EarthDay2025
Ndula was born free in South Africa but stolen from the wild in 2003 while pregnant & sent to the US. 🐘 For 20+ years, she's been bred, separated from her calves & held captive. Zoos aren’t sanctuaries. 📖 Read & share her story: freetobeelephants.com/elephant/ndu...
#EndElephantCaptivity
#EndElephantCaptivity
April 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Ndula was born free in South Africa but stolen from the wild in 2003 while pregnant & sent to the US. 🐘 For 20+ years, she's been bred, separated from her calves & held captive. Zoos aren’t sanctuaries. 📖 Read & share her story: freetobeelephants.com/elephant/ndu...
#EndElephantCaptivity
#EndElephantCaptivity