Lawyer retained for elephant
 
 September 18, 2009
 
Animal-rights activist and former game-show host Bob Barker meets Lucy 
the elephant at Edmonton's Valley Zoo on Sept. 17. Barker wants the zoo 
to send Lucy to a California sanctuary when she is well enough to 
travel.
 
Animal-rights activist and former game-show host Bob Barker meets Lucy 
the elephant at Edmonton's Valley Zoo on Sept. 17. Barker wants the zoo 
to send Lucy to a California sanctuary when she is well enough to 
travel.
Photograph by: Larry Wong, Edmonton Journal

High-profile Toronto lawyer Clayton Ruby has been retained to free Lucy 
the elephant from Edmonton's Valley Zoo.

"I have been retained to look into the Lucy problem and find a 
solution," Ruby confirmed Thursday.

Ruby's involvement in the case was revealed at a news conference in 
Edmonton where former TV game-show host Bob Barker called for Lucy to 
be sent to a California sanctuary.

Barker has been lobbying the city since last winter to ship Lucy to a 
sanctuary in San Andreas, Calif., run by the Performing Animal Welfare 
Society.

She would live in a 12-hectare enclosure with four other female Asian 
elephants.

But the zoo has said Lucy is too sick the make the journey.

Barker said PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) had 
hired Ruby to find a legal way to remove Lucy from the Valley Zoo.

Barker, the retired host of The Price is Right, told the news 
conference he doesn't accept the facility's argument that the aging and 
ailing Asian elephant is not fit to travel.

"We want them to talk to people . . . and come to terms with the fact 
that Lucy is not going to get better at the zoo."

Lucy's breathing problems mean it's too dangerous to move her from the 
Valley Zoo, officials said this week.

Zoo veterinarian Dr. Milton Ness said this week that the stress of such 
a trip would make it so hard for her to get enough oxygen that it might 
kill her.

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> Lawyer retained for elephant
>
> September 18, 2009
>
> Animal-rights activist and former game-show host Bob Barker meets Lucy
> the elephant at Edmonton's Valley Zoo on Sept. 17. Barker wants the zoo
> to send Lucy to a California sanctuary when she is well enough to
> travel.
>
> Animal-rights activist and former game-show host Bob Barker meets Lucy
> the elephant at Edmonton's Valley Zoo on Sept. 17. Barker wants the zoo
> to send Lucy to a California sanctuary when she is well enough to
> travel.
> Photograph by: Larry Wong, Edmonton Journal
>
> High-profile Toronto lawyer Clayton Ruby has been retained to free Lucy
> the elephant from Edmonton's Valley Zoo.
>
> "I have been retained to look into the Lucy problem and find a
> solution," Ruby confirmed Thursday.
>
> Ruby's involvement in the case was revealed at a news conference in
> Edmonton where former TV game-show host Bob Barker called for Lucy to
> be sent to a California sanctuary.
>
> Barker has been lobbying the city since last winter to ship Lucy to a
> sanctuary in San Andreas, Calif., run by the Performing Animal Welfare
> Society.
>
> She would live in a 12-hectare enclosure with four other female Asian
> elephants.
>
> But the zoo has said Lucy is too sick the make the journey.
>
> Barker said PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) had
> hired Ruby to find a legal way to remove Lucy from the Valley Zoo.
>
> Barker, the retired host of The Price is Right, told the news
> conference he doesn't accept the facility's argument that the aging and
> ailing Asian elephant is not fit to travel.
>
> "We want them to talk to people . . . and come to terms with the fact
> that Lucy is not going to get better at the zoo."
>
> Lucy's breathing problems mean it's too dangerous to move her from the
> Valley Zoo, officials said this week.
>
> Zoo veterinarian Dr. Milton Ness said this week that the stress of such
> a trip would make it so hard for her to get enough oxygen that it might
> kill her.

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