Lucy is a 34 year old female in a confined area in Edmonton, and is also an Asian Elephant. PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, well known for their controversial and effective campaigns ("I Would Rather Go Naked Then Wear Fur" Campaign, or their recent mime seal clubbing around Vancouver), is getting ready to sue the city of Edmonton for the way the Valley Zoo is treating her. The zoo, run by the city's government, is kept in an area all by herself, that is cold enough to give her se
vere arthritis, so small she's become obese, and have concrete floors so vile to plague her feet of serious infection. Poor Lucy is also suffering of an undignosed respiratory problem, which is very likely related to her treatment. Clayton Ruby, Torontonian, raises the question that keeping Lucy at all is also an improper way to spend the city's funds, when they are already scarcely making their snow removal costs. This case will go to court on March the first, and we will see if Lucy gets her salvation afterwards.
vere arthritis, so small she's become obese, and have concrete floors so vile to plague her feet of serious infection. Poor Lucy is also suffering of an undignosed respiratory problem, which is very likely related to her treatment. Clayton Ruby, Torontonian, raises the question that keeping Lucy at all is also an improper way to spend the city's funds, when they are already scarcely making their snow removal costs. This case will go to court on March the first, and we will see if Lucy gets her salvation afterwards.By looking at the rest of my blog, you can tell that as a vegetarian and animal lover, I am disgraced by the maltreatment of animals, especially foreign or endangered ones. This is such a horrific example of a shady zoo, treating animals like money making machines, and not giving them actual care. Also, Asian Elephants are considerd an endangered species, with an average of 46, 877 of them left in the world. As a nation we consider to be civilized, it is our right and duty to treat animals like true inhabitants of this earth, and t
he fact that we are putting so little importance on the wellfare of these fantastic animals is disturbing. If they don't want to care for them, they should not have them in posession to begin with. With the treatment Lucy is getting, there is absolutey no reason for her to still be in this prison. To conclude, Lucy and any other animal who is treated a fraction as badly as her deserve to be brought somewhere else, where they can be actually happy, because the way she is treated now is certainly not the what is right. I would say you should look at this beautiful animal, and realize it's your duty as a citizen of the world to at least spread the word and tell your friends and family that this injustice is happening. Many publications are talking about it, but PETA has a page on it here. Hopefully Lucy will get the freedom she deserves.
he fact that we are putting so little importance on the wellfare of these fantastic animals is disturbing. If they don't want to care for them, they should not have them in posession to begin with. With the treatment Lucy is getting, there is absolutey no reason for her to still be in this prison. To conclude, Lucy and any other animal who is treated a fraction as badly as her deserve to be brought somewhere else, where they can be actually happy, because the way she is treated now is certainly not the what is right. I would say you should look at this beautiful animal, and realize it's your duty as a citizen of the world to at least spread the word and tell your friends and family that this injustice is happening. Many publications are talking about it, but PETA has a page on it here. Hopefully Lucy will get the freedom she deserves.
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