Leap for Lucy

Leap for Lucy is an Edmonton-based advocacy group campaigning for the welfare of Lucy, a lone Asian elephant held at the city's zoo.

Lucy has lived at the Edmonton Valley Zoo for almost five decades, alone and without the company of other elephants. Elephants are highly social, far-ranging animals, and campaigners argue that a single elephant kept in a cold northern climate, in a small enclosure, simply cannot have her complex physical and emotional needs met.

Leap for Lucy makes the case for change through evidence rather than emotion alone. The group has pressed for Lucy to be examined by an independent team of experts to assess her health honestly and to determine whether she could be moved safely to a more suitable home.