Watching the videos of sanctuary elephants, it really strikes you how much more likely they are. Zoo elephants give the impression that they only move slowly, lethargically. Are zoo elephants all depressed?

Or Lucy could turn on those zoo keepers. Because elephants can be vengeful.

millana hmm, I think he needs to get on tinder.

The height of human arrogance. It's not recommended for people who often choose not time interact...it's definitely not the move for a pack animal with the capacity to outlive most people.

I took it as he simply meant she wasn't in great shape, and she was gonna die anyway

It is well known Elephants are a family-like species. They exist in herds that are part of their nature and their socialization. That these idiots in Edmonton do not understand that means they have no idea as to the needs of these beautiful beings. Lucy is showing clear behaviour attached to the fact she is stressing which is not good for her at her age. I would bet if she were moved to PAWS that behaviour would disappear and she would begin acclimatizing to her new family and thrive within it.

To that, I would recommend beating these individuals in the head with an ax handle for two days.

@@firesong83 I would sure like too be the one beating those heads!

Says someone who lost billions of animals to fires this year..sit down

@@NicNakBraun I'm just wandering if you made that comment to me? If you did, bush fires did kill billions of our wild life, that is true. BUT WTF has that got to do with putting animals into a cage for their whole life?

@@NicNakBraun countless wild animals die yearly all over world in wildfires. What would you suggest to prevent this? Meanwhile this is one elephant in one zoo that can easily be moved to a better life.

I went before I knew better. Now just the thought of any animals being locked in jail. Makes me sick to my stomach!

EchoFox_MG AJ Videos how can you tell it's happy it doesn't speak. it can only communicate with its own kind. making friends with other animals doesn't mean it's, it's because it has NO choice. given the choice it wouldn't choose to make friends with an animal that doesn't speak it's language. Let's face facts here not to be selfish to satisfy our egos

lisa Herbert what I mean is yes it's hard for elephants to make as a strong bond with humans but it can still happen! but I do agree on some terms like the iron rods not needed if you trust the animal it's trust you so no need for the rods. I know that zoo may be the worst I have seen and in the team for the said elephant in Canada it would be to cold for it and will be the death of her and yes she would need the friendships of other elephants to keep her company. I love zoo that are actually helping the animals but in the case for meny zoos they not helping they are hurting the animals!

lisa Herbert I personally think lusy should of join Maggie at the paws sanctuary and I don't really get why so many people say a zoo not a zoo unless there an elephant!?

Brittney Rangel Sorry, but no animals are more smater then another. We are intelligent in our own way.

I think they are better than a whole lot of so called humans walking the face of the earth right now!

@@Nothin2seehere-e4z You have a lot to learn, about elephants, about Nature, about the Earth, and about yourself. You may have some intelligence, but you don't have the understanding or wisdom that is necessary to even address the above comment sensibly.

His obsession is one of the most selfish things I've ever seen. He needs to be taken out of his position of power because the elephant is not his priority. His priority is his own sad needs.

@TheKumba YESSS!! You betta PREACH! Well said.

Shockingly, many people don't have logic, or the honesty to tolerate it.

That w____ v__ that made those wrong recommendations in Alaska is a San Diego v.

@@cacatr4495 is he still a vet?

@@happyhello5988 I have no idea, but people don't change professions every day, especially not in that field. They seem to be a Yes-man for the company notions.

Did you mean that zoos are all about money? You didn't specify who you meant.

Elephants and horses ARE the Keystone species of the Earth. Please read my Elephant Nature Park playlist description, as I don't want to have to type that all out here again for you when you can read exactly why they are Keystone species for the Earth, and how vitally important and crucial they are! No other species can do for the Earth what elephants and equines can!

Brittney Rangel depends on the zoos.. I know of zoos that take injured animals and or sick animals and help them heal then release them back once they are healed.. I like that idea.. but I don't like taking healthy animals and put them on show until they die..

Bullshit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, right ... Turn them loose in the wild and destroy and displace all human habitat to make room to all the wild animals. Stiupid fool, go tell any resident of any village in any African nation about it. The hypocrites money making " conservationist " are doing enough damage to them .

VJ Blues so you don't think we us humans who have resources to help sick and injured animals should just leave them to die.. yep that's a great idea.. I rather help an animal heal then release it back into wild when it is healed up and has a better chance at survival..

VJ Blues haha says the guy who can't spell stupid xD let me ask you something what makes you think human life takes ANY priority over the life of another creature on earth? Your probably not gonna answer cause there is no reason to think that because that ideology is dumb but people believe in it anyway. I bet you're somebody who thinks abusing a pet will make them "stronger and tougher"

It breaks my heart too!*

Yes how wonderful to tour animals locked up in cages against their own will! I will never take my kids to a zoo. They are completely inhumane!

Just the thought of animals locked in a prison of a zoo. Makes me sick!

we deserve to go first

Elephants and horses that eat native forage and migrate to disperse their rich compost to nourish the Earth and re-seed it are Keystone species. If they go, it's over. People don't even understand that they are Keystone species, what they do for the Earth or why. People really need to learn.

ka-ching, ka-ching, it's all about money and greed. Corrupt people have corrupted reasoning, they make destructive choices.

He'll be 98 in a few weeks!

They had illogical and poor judgement, very poor judgment. But then, if they want to bankrupt themselves, fine.

Absolutely it is too cold for an elephant. Cold induces Pnuemonia in elephants, that they're very prone too, and it's a killer of elephants. Having an elephant in cold weather is insane.

Sam Chandler LLC right?!

Elephant Nature Park of Save Elephant Foundation, founded by Lek Chailert and Darrick Thomson. 👏

NanaVicki1 I was so happy when she went to the sanctuary and she was giddy!! Yay Maggie xo

@@criticRN I cried. There, many years ago were two. In the end she got her herd tho, best she ever had.

Ethically, I'm not sure it would be acceptably "different," but it is about money, like squeezing the last bit of water out of a sponge.

Maybe it wasn't mentioned because they were full at that time, as that was one of the criteria mentioned, that there be space for them.

It was NEVER about releasing her to the Wild. It was about her going to an elephant sanctuary here in the US where she'd be given good care, be well fed, and provided all the freedom to live her life as an elephant, rather than as a cash cow.

She is a female Asian elephant, they don't have tusks

simply beautiful

Not all elephants grow tusk.

@@hydrolito Female Asian elephants don't grow tusks. In spite of the recent videos and claims that some African elephants aren't growing tusks, they do. Those claims are absolutely false, with doctored footage.

Sanctuaries don't allow the animal residents to be gawked at.

When parents care, we can talk. I've never known a parent that didn't abuse their children, by altering them, by lying to them, by betraying them with lies.

Sanctuaries are not about returning to the Wild. No zoo can offer an elephant what they have in natural conditions at a sanctuary. Concrete does vast damage to an elephant's feet, all hard surfaces do, like hard-packed Earth, and asphalt, and is the most common cause of elephant death in captivity. ONLY two out of a 100 zoo elephants live to age 50, ONLY 2, whereas elephants in natural environments can live beyond 70. The chief implement of elephant handling at zoos is called a Bullhook, a sharp steel pointed hook with a long handle that is used to induce pain, it's used for abuse. You would not say what you have, if you knew about Bullhooks. Every captive elephant (including at zoos) has been forced through Phajaan/Crush/Torture Training that kills up to half of all elephant calves. You would not say what you have if you knew about Phajaan/Crush/Torture Training. When there's a suggestion that some zoos are fine for elephants, that means the speaker doesn't know the needs of elephants, and they don't know that zoos can't meet those needs. Elephants are migrators that need to walk many miles a day. They need freedom and roaming and their herd-life, a warm climate and a huge swath of land to roam, water to swim in, mud to cover themselves in, and loose soil to dust themselves in. They need quiet, peace, respect and safety. Captivity is death to elephants. Please learn more; I invite you to make use of my 3 elephant playlists, Elephant Nature Park (Thailand), Retire Lucy (EVZ), and Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Ele Nursery (Kenya).

Chains and bullhooks are abuse and are not acceptable. Elephants need soft soil, as by natural weather patterns were found in the Tropics, and sand beds. Her issues come from captivity. Solve that single cause, and an ele can heal. Lucy needs to go to sanctuary.

@@SmallDragon7804 and your solution is?

@@JD-nd1oz Hello JD. They need to choose ethical professions that don't exploit animals. They have seen these elephants as cash cows, commodities. The eyes of their hearts are bad, corrupted.

and very damaging to the animals. It's destructive.

WOW, Thanks for the update. I sure hope Bob Barker can now move her to PAWS like the three Toronto Zoo Elephants now. Please, please, please!!!

thank you for the update. now, in 2020 Jan, what is the latest on Lucy/Edmonton ?

Why? Elephants need *all our voices.