Happy the Elephant recognized herself in a mirror. She spent her last 20 years alone
Happy, an Asian elephant at the Bronx Zoo, has been euthanized at age 55 due to age-related conditions and inoperable tumors. She was known for her participation in a 2005 study demonstrating elephant self-awareness through mirror recognition. Happy lived alone for the last 20 years of her life after her last companion died in 2006, a situation that drew the attention of animal rights activists who sought her release. AI
