Activists had sued in a bid to secure her the fundamental human right to bodily liberty. Zoo officials said she was well cared for and called the lawsuit frivolous.
Happy, a 55-year-old Asian elephant who had lived at the Bronx Zoo since 1977 and whose uncommon intelligence thrust her into an unusual legal dispute over whether she was entitled to a fundamental human right, has been euthanized, zoo officials said... [1731 chars]