By sharing these tweets you're helping spread awareness about Lucy. She has spent 44 years at the zoo, most of those years alone. Our goal is for Edmonton Valley zoo and the city of Edmonton to allow Lucy to be examined by a panel of impartial experts.
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Do the right thing @AndrewKnack @bevesslinger @JonDziadyk @Ward4Aaron @sjlhamilton @Scott_McKeen @tony_caterina @ben_hen & show us you aren't the cruelest city in Canada. Allow an impartial panel of experts to evaluate Lucy's health. #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
Do the right thing @_TimCartmell @MichaelWalters @MikeNickelYEG @MoeBangaYeg @doniveson @CityofEdmonton & show us you aren't the cruelest city in Canada. Allow an impartial panel of experts to evaluate Lucy's health. #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
Why R U so scared to let a vet who isn't a zoo vet see Lucy @CityOfEdmonton ? You've NEVER let an impartial vet see her. Last time was 2 zoo vets & a horse vet. R U afraid we'll see you've been lying about her being 2 sick 2 move for a decade? @Cher #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
2/3 majority of Edmonton voters, 66.7% support the relocation of Lucy the 🐘 Compared to 1/3 who said they don't. More than 8 in 10 Edmonton voters had an opinion. Just 2 in 10 had no opinion. @CityofEdmonton the majority has spoken #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
Do you still think Lucy the 🐘 is happy? Well, listen to @cher
SNAP OUT IF IT!
#FreeLucy #PanelofVets4Lucy
@BuildingOurZoo @CityofEdmonton & @CAZA_AZAC @ftwglobal
Panel of vets needs 2 evaluate Lucy
Last time she was seen by
- a horse vet
- 1 who worked @ Ringling Bros
& Oosterhuis who was the only vet of 11 who said Maggie fr Alaska couldn't be moved. She's thriving & so can Lucy. #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
https://sites.google.com/view/freelucy
@justintrudeau show Canada you still care & respect wildlife sanctuary Help #FreeLucy the 🐘 from #EdmontonValleyZoo to sanctuary #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
The world is watching Edmonton Valley zoo. @CityofEdmonton Allow an impartial panel of experts to evaluate Lucy's health. @AndrewKnack @bevesslinger @JonDziadyk @Ward4Aaron @sjlhamilton #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
The world is watching Edmonton Valley zoo. @CityofEdmonton Allow an impartial panel of experts to evaluate Lucy's health. @Scott_McKeen @tony_caterina @ben_hen @_TimCartmell @MichaelWalters @MikeNickelYEG @MoeBangaYeg @doniveson #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
Poor Lucy stuck in frigid Canada, when she can be somewhere like @ElephantsTN so unfair
Do the right thing & retire Lucy @doniveson @CityofEdmonton @JustinTrudeau
40+ years of service painting, piano playing, standing long hours greeting visitors #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
Edmonton Valley zoo spent $10,000 upgrading signs for their sponsors & raised $250,000 for carrousel project but what about Lucy?? What about advancements in her enclosure that they’ve been promising for years? @BuildingOurZoo @GDewar #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
Edmonton Valley Zoo claims Lucy's a people elephant but there's no such thing. Science shows that all female elephants are highly social. There is no reason to believe she wouldn't do well with members of her own species. @BuildingOurZoo @GDewar #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
Edmonton Valley Zoo hasn't been able to resolve Lucy's decades of ongoing health problems. Each year the problems worsen. Her living conditions, lack of activity, & frustration of living alone have all taken their toll. @BuildingOurZoo @GDewar #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
Time is running out for Lucy. It's urgent the zoo allow a team of qualified, independent experts w a track history in elephant biology, behaviour, vet care, mgmt & welfare to assess her, offer prognosis & make recommendations @BuildingOurZoo @GDewar #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
It's true that the elephant yard & barn at Valley Zoo is all Lucy has ever known. Denying Lucy a better life just because she’s only known the Valley Zoo doesn’t make sense. In fact, it's a terrible reason to keep her there. @BuildingOurZoo @GDewar #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
In elephant societies, female elephants are in 24 hr a day social contact w family members. Keepers at the Valley Zoo go home at the end of the day. Then, Lucy's left alone in her cell. Keepers are nothing like a real family. @BuildingOurZoo @GDewar #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
Zoocheck suggested that the zoo install a heated therapeutic pool to soothe Lucy’s joints & build a shelter over her yard. The zoo failed to do any of these suggestions, but spent millions to upgrade visitor areas of the zoo. @BuildingOurZoo @GDewar #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
@CAZA_AZAC EVZ is in violation of CAZA 15: “Facilities must provide an opportunity for each elephant to exercise & to interact socially w other elephants unless under extenuating circumstances. @BuildingOurZoo @GDewar #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
@CAZA_AZAC EVZ is in violation of CAZA 28: “ elephant management facilities should make every effort to maintain elephants in social groupings. It is inappropriate to keep highly social female elephant’s singly long term.” @BuildingOurZoo @GDewar #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
@jkenney By keeping Lucy alone, EVZ is in violation of the Government of AB Standards 4 Zoos, related 2 Animal Protection Act, SecT B: 1. Gen Exhibits: “All animals must be maintained in numbers sufficient to meet their social & behavioral needs. “ #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
@YourAlberta By keeping Lucy alone, EVZ is in violation of the Govt of AB Standards 4 Zoos, related 2 Animal Protection Act, SecT B: 1. Gen Exhibits: “All animals must be maintained in numbers sufficient to meet their social & behavioral needs. “ #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
@AlbertaAg By keeping Lucy alone, EVZ is in violation of the Government of AB Standards 4 Zoos, related 2 Animal Protection Act, SecT B: 1. Gen Exhibits: “All animals must be maintained in numbers sufficient to meet their social & behavioral needs. “ #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy
@AB_Enviro By keeping Lucy alone, EVZ is in violation of the Government of AB Standards 4 Zoos, related 2 Animal Protection Act, SecT B: 1. Gen Exhibits: “All animals must be maintained in numbers sufficient to meet their social & behavioral needs. “ #FreeLucy #PanelOfVets4Lucy