Just a baby when torn from her family in the warm tropics of Sri Lanka, Lucy now lives through Edmonton’s bitter cold winters, mostly in an enclosed space within the zoo. Activists believe the cold is worsening Lucy’s current respiratory condition, and, afraid she will die, they've been pleading for her relocation.
Perhaps sadder than the ailments Lucy suffers is the loneliness. The zoo’s only other elephant was moved to NC in 2007, leaving Lucy “the most socially isolated elephant on the continent.”
Zoo officials claim Lucy is well cared for and that moving her would be too risky. But activists strongly disagree. Female elephants need a moderate climate, large spaces with natural terrain and other elephants, says Zoocheck, which has fought all the way to Canada’s Supreme Court on Lucy’s behalf. It’s been a long-running fight, and the Court has just announced its refusal to hear the case.
Don’t let the fight end here. Tell Edmonton to stand up for Lucy; give her a better life.
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