It sounds cuddly but Boris Johnson is stepping into a moral quagmire, writes HENRY MANCE

Is an elephant a person? Most people would give you a straightforward no to that question. But New York’s highest court will soon hear arguments from campaigners that Happy, a 50-year- old female Asian elephant at Bronx Zoo, should be given some of the rights of a legal person. The campaigners don’t think that Happy … Read more

It sounds cuddly but Boris Johnson is stepping into a moral quagmire, writes HENRY MANCE

Is an elephant a person? Most people would give you a straightforward no to that question. But New York’s highest court will soon hear arguments from campaigners that Happy, a 50-year- old female Asian elephant at Bronx Zoo, should be given some of the rights of a legal person. The campaigners don’t think that Happy … Read more