Written by PETA
Retired NHL player and Edmonton resident Georges Laraque has offered Edmonton's mayor $100,000 to help fund city sports programs if the city will agree to release Lucy, the ailing, solitary elephant in Edmonton's Valley Zoo, to a reputable sanctuary in a warmer climate.
Laraque, who also spent a few seasons with the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs, joins Bob Barker and fellow Canadian William Shatner in calling on the city to allow Lucy to spend the rest of her life walking in grassy fields and meadows, swimming in ponds, and most importantly, spending time with other elephants.
Please join Georges in asking Edmonton city officials to do the right thing for this sad elephant.
Written by Jennifer O’Connor
End elephant suffering NOW please!
im givin $50000 2 elephantvoices.org to like help save lucy and if peta iz like wantin more $$ thn iv given i will give same as georges iz gonna giv aftr next dec i will b givin peta way more
Thank you for doing this Georges Laraque. Please release Lucy to a sanctuary!
hasn't lucy given enough? it's time to give her something back! give her the peace, comfort, and dignity she deserves. please.
Georges Laraque is amazing.
Please let Lucy go to a sanctuary and live the rest of her life happy. She has most likely made thousands of people very happy, so don't you think it's her time to be happy. Please let her go.
Please allow this elephant some peace and comfort in her life. Please release this elephant to an elephant to a sanctuary. I will appreciate it, as many do, when animals can live out thier lives more as their creator intended.
Please help send Lucy to a peaceful, warm sanctuary. She is probably very cold and lonely. Please do your best. I thank you very much.
Please kindly release this animal that God brought into this world. This creature deserves a better environment including space to exercise and companionship with other elephants. Elephants are very feeling. They are conscious and intelligent. They need a warm climate. Please eliminate the elephant exhibit. Thank you, sir, for all the good work you continue doing. Thank you.
Thanks to Georges Laraque, Bob Barker and William Shatner for your kindness in getting the Elephant Zoo closed.
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