




Lucy's Edmonton Advocates' Project (LEAP) mandate is increasing the activity and involvement of Lucy's supporters who live in the greater Edmonton area and her supporters around the world! 2025 LEAP will have been advocating for Lucy for the past 10 years!
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She has been at the Edmonton Valley Zoo for 48 years and turns 50 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.
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Lucy’s Edmonton Advocate’s Project (LEAP) 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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You can email us at: info@leapforlucy.com
LUCY DOCUMENTARY
Documentary Film Screening is Finally set!!!
Join us at the Metro Edmonton Cinema for the screening of the captive elephant documentary featuring Lucy. This project has been in the works for 4 years and the film is ready to be shown. We are very excited and hope to see as many members as possible at the cinema.
Lucy: The Stolen Lives of Elephants will air followed by a Q & A after the film. Here are the details:
Date: March 19, 2025
Doors at 6:00PM
Trailers/Welcome at 6:45PM
7:00PM Film starts
8:30PM Film ends, post film panel discussion begins.
9:00PM event ends
Address: 8712 109 St NW


GET YOUR TICKETS HERE
WATCH THE TRAILER!!
LEK CHAILERT
LEAP was honoured to welcome world renowned elephant expert
Lek Chailert to Edmonton for a screening of her new documentary
"Elephant Mother" and for a LEAP fundraising dinner. Lek was here
October 16-20, 2023. Please see our 2023 Events tab for more info.
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NEW
BILLBOARD!
NEW
LOCATION!

Thanks to our supporters donations, there is a new billboard up in Edmonton
(Whyte Avenue (travelling East) between 106 & 107 Avenues)
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Please call the City of Edmonton at 311 and tell
them to #RetireLucy

Thanks to our supporters donations, there is a new billboard up in Edmonton
(163rd Street and Mayfield Road)
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Please call the City of Edmonton at 311 and tell them to #RetireLucy
An Important Message from Your Leap Admins:
We have received notice that Lucy’s medical assessments have been made public; we are seeing them at the same time as all of you.
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As most of you are aware, these reports were compiled from consultants recommended by LEAP and Free the Wild. They assessed Lucy over a 3 day period in October 2022 to assess her current medical status and to determine if she could be safely transported to sanctuary.
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While this statement from Free the Wild is not what we were hoping for, the important thing to remember is there is not unanimous agreement on what's best for Lucy. Consultant Trish London stated in her report "It is my opinion that it is possible to move Lucy and I do believe she should be moved for her health and welfare. The above listed health issues do not prevent her from being transported to a different, more appropriate environment. I witnessed no evidence of respiratory distress during any part of our exams and/or testing or walking around the zoo with her. Based on my observations of Lucy during the evaluation period, she is a very curious and calm elephant and I think she would be open to a new adventure, especially if her caretakers were excited and encouraging."
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We do thank Free the Wild for helping to facilitate these much needed exams.
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Please be assured that we are not giving up. There are expert opinions here that state she needs to retire to sanctuary. If it was unanimous we would take a different stance. We strongly believe Lucy should have the opportunity to move, and we will continue to fight. It is our opinion that stalling transport for more follow-up will be detrimental to Lucy's chances for successful transport; she has waited too long already.
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2022 Health Assessments
Ingo Schmidinger's Clarification Statement May 10, 2023
Dr. Trish London, DVM
Ingo Schmidinger
Dr Frank Goeritz, DVM, PhD, & Thomas Hildebrandt, DVM
2022 Health Assessment Panel
Free The Wild
Press Release
AB Zoo Standard & Animal Protection Act Violations
SIGNING FOR LUCY
City of Edmonton - Ensure there is proper
oversight to address safety and animal
welfare concerns at the Edmonton Valley Zoo
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SPECIAL THANKS TO LUCY'S WORDWIDE COALITION
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**ANNOUNCEMENT**
LEAP is happy to announce we are now a member of the Ecoflix NGO Partner Organization! Ecoflix is the first not-for-profit media group dedicated to saving animals and theplanet. Click HERE to go to their page!