TS Radio: "Voices Carry for Animals #152"- Lucy's Edmonton Advocates' Project

Hosted By Debbie Dahmer

Guests will be: Lucy's Edmonton Advocates' Project (L.E.A.P)  Mary Ann- Holm  (Campaign Coordinator) & Nadia Farhat ( Page Administrator) 

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Lucy the elephant has been at the Edmonton Valley Zoo for 40 years and turns 42 this year.  This is an ominous milestone as zoo elephants rarely survive to their mid forties. Lucy suffers from a number of zoo induced ailments which will shorten her life expectancy. She has no other elephant companions, which is considered cruel by elephant experts due to their highly complex social needs. The harsh Edmonton climate is detrimental to her health and painful for her ongoing arthritis and foot disease. Lucy lives in a tiny concrete cell and is only allowed outdoors for short controlled walks, weather permitting which means many days she never gets out at all

Lucy's Edmonton Advocates' Project (L.E.A.P) are embarking on a campaign to educate the citizens of Edmonton as to why this elephant must be moved to a more suitable climate in the company of other Asian elephants. Our main message is that Lucy needs to be assessed by an independent team of experts to ensure her current health problems are optimized and to determine if she can be safely moved to a more suitable facility.

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