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FILE - Bronx Zoo elephant "Happy" strolls inside the zoo's Asia Habitat in New York, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Happy, who taught researchers that elephants can recognize themselves, is euthanized at Bronx Zoo

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Bronx Zoo elephant &quot;Happy&quot; strolls inside the zoo's Asia display, Tuesday Oct. 2, 2018, in New York. An animal welfare group has brought a legal action against the Bronx Zoo on behalf of Happy, who was separated from the zoo's two other elephants after they fatally injured her mate, arguing that the animal has similar rights to a human being and is being &quot;unlawfully imprisoned.&quot; (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Bronx Zoo elephant is ‘unlawfully imprisoned’, Nonhuman Rights Project says

By Verena Dobnik - Associated Press