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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Bronx Zoo elephant named Happy isn’t a person, New York's top court rules

  NBC News - The Associated Press

  ALBANY, N.Y. — Happy the elephant may be intelligent and deserving of compassion, but she cannot be considered a person being illegally confined to the Bronx Zoo, New York’s top court ruled Tuesday. The 5-2 decision by the state Court of Appeals comes in a closely watched case that tested the …

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Death, Fines And Captive Animals: Is Sea Life Park Part Of A Bygone Era?

  civilbeat.org - Alicia Lou

  Evan Woodall, a locally born and raised Hawaiian fisherman, can still remember the awe he felt as he watched the dolphin show at Sea Life Park Hawaii …

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Doc Antle of Tiger King charged with laundering $505,000

  The Guardian - Associated Press

  Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, one of the stars of the runaway hit Tiger King, has been charged with laundering more than half a million dollars. Federal prosecutors said that Antle believed the money to be the proceeds of an operation to smuggle people across the Mexican border into the US. Charges against …

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Tiger King Star Doc Antle Arrested by FBI in South Carolina

  People - Charmaine Patterson

  As of Friday evening, the reason for Doc's arrest was unknown as charges were not listed Bhagavan "Doc" Antle has been arrested and currently remains in a South Carolina jail. Doc — who owns South Carolina's Myrtle Beach Safari and was featured in Netflix's Tiger King docuseries — was arrested by the …

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  The big idea: should animals have the same rights as humans?

  The Guardian - Philip Ball

  Debates about the human-like attributes of animals miss the point. Can we respect them regardless? The government has finally caught up with what most animal behavioural scientists have been saying for years by formally recognising animals as sentient beings in its animal welfare (sentience) bill. …