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Lucy - The Valley Zoo Elephant
http://lucy.moralcompass.ca
Lucy is a 30+ year old elephant who has lived at the Edmonton Valley Zoo for the majority of her life. There is currently a heated debate raging between the zoo/City Council vs. animal rights supports, as to whether or not Lucy should be moved to an elephant sanctuary in TN or would the move prove fatal to her.
- Author: Sandy
- Listed in: Science & Nature News & Media
- Tags: animal rights edmonton zoo lucy elephant sanctuary
Recent Posts
Clayton Ruby retained for Lucy
As report in the Vancouver Sun on September 18th, high profile lawyer Clayton Ruby has been retained to “look into the Lucy problem…”...
CTV News coverage of Lucy
Former game show host, Bob Barker is in Edmonton today rallying to have Lucy moved from the Valley Zoo to an elephant sanctuary in California. Barker says his meeting with zoo officials went ‘badly’ and that the city refuses to consider ...
Zoo Needs Facelift
It may be a bit premature for me to make this assumption, but it’s starting to look to me like there is no way that the zoo or the City is going to allow Lucy to be moved. I’ve just read the latest article by by Gordon Kent and Florence L...
The Zoo Check Canada Videos
What an emotional roller-coaster I’ve been on while trying to wade through all of the opposing expert’s opinions regarding Lucy. Right when those scales start to tip in favor of one expert, I happen upon something that shifts my opinion t...
Letters from City Council
Around the end of August I began reviewing some of the information that Julie Woodyer, from Zoocheck.com, had sent me. She directed me to the SaveLucy.ca website, and I was somewhat confounded by some of the allegations made in the article entitled:...
Lucy’s Exam by Independent Vet
Dr. Oosterhuis – an independent veterinarian – has told the city that moving Lucy the elephant from the Valley Zoo could kill her. Dr. Oosterhuis examined Lucy last Thursday (Sept. 10th), and concluded that “…any thought of mo...
