Critter News
MAY 6, 2010
Here's an update on the battle to release the Lucy the Elephant to a sanctuary. She is the lone elephant at the Edmonton Zoo in Alberta, Canada. Tags: zoos animal sanctuary elephants.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
Canadian Defense attorney Clayton Ruby has taken up the cause of getting Lucy the elephant released to an animal sanctuary. Now, the high-profile criminal lawyer will work to free a different kind of jailbird -- Lucy the elephant -- from a different kind of cage: Edmonton's Valley Zoo. "I Tags: elephants.
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Critter News
MAY 12, 2009
On the one hand, Woodland Park is very proud of its elephant conservation program and its elephant residents. On the other hand, Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants says they are not well-treated and should be in a sanctuary. Tags: conservation seattle woodland park zoo elephants endangered species.
Critter News
JUNE 21, 2009
They are being moved to a wildlife sanctuary. There has been a lot of violence between the elephants and subsistence farmers (unfortunately, I think the violence is pretty one-sided.) Tags: malawi africa animal rescue elephants endangered species. From Wildlife Extra News.
Critter News
APRIL 27, 2009
Lilly Tomlin is in Seattle and spoke out about the conditions of elephants at the Woodland Park Zoo on behalf of the Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN). Addressing supporters and the media at the Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Center, Tomlin said elephants in zoos across the country are suffering in confinement.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
They are trying to get Lucy the Elephant moved to a sanctuary. She is the sole elephant at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. Tags: zoos PETA elephants. There's a video available here too.
Critter News
JUNE 26, 2009
Four chimpanzees were killed last week in the central zone and 11 elephants since the start of the year," park director Emmanuel de Merode told AFP. In 1980, Lake Edward had a hippopotamus sanctuary with 27,000 animals. Tags: virunga africa congo gorillas endangered species. They died between May 25 and June 16, he said.
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