The Campaign to Free Lucy

Where would you rather live?  A 1/2 acre zoo where you spend most of your time indoors due to weather and zoo hours?  Or a 2700 acre sanctuary, where you have the choice when to come and go, and you are surrounded by others like you?

Lucy's current situation:

Where Lucy should go:

One of our current campaigns focuses on Lucy, the lone elephant at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. Now that Samantha has been shipped off to the US to be bred, it is even more important to get Lucy to a sanctuary where she can be a real elephant again. <Read more>

Voice for Animals has recently delivered an information package to the Edmonton Councilors with regards to Lucy. For a look at this package, <click here> .

If you have not already, please write or email your city councilor and the media with regards to Lucy. Winni Kiiru's Zoocheck report is putting pressure on the Valley Zoo to move Lucy to the Tennessee Sanctuary, and we need your help to drive the issue home.

Read the Zoocheck report by Winnie Kiiru.

Read the report by Debi Zimmermann AHT, B.Sc (Zoology), D.V.M.

Mail a letter wherever possible but a fax or email will work in a pinch.

• Contact the Mayor & City Councilors
• Write to the media
• Sign the paper petition started by Friends of Lucy

There is also an online petition to sign asking the Valley Zoo to release Lucy. Please, take a moment to add your name to this cause.

The Reintroduction of Strychnine Must Be Stopped

Richardson’s ground squirrels, also known as
Prairie Gophers, are being poisoned in the name of animal agriculture, and it's time to put an end to this vile practice, which not only destroys the gophers, but countless other forms of wildlife that are inadvertently affected.

Learn more about how you can help here.

The Annual Seal Slaughter

Once again, another seal hunt winds up, and people voice their dissent against the needless slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seals.  This year, seals have a new ally in a Canadian Senator named Mac Harb.  Read the Action Alert to see how you can help Mr. Harb bring an end to the seal hunt once and for all.

Voice for Animals decided to call attention to the seal hunt in a different way this year.  Two banners were hung on overpasses on the Whitemud and the Yellowhead, where many thousands of people travel through a day.

Looking For A New Friend?

Check out our current rescue alerts here.