๐ช Together we can protect our animals one day at a time ๐ฉทClose the zoos support the sanctuaries ๐ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ keep protecting natures home ๐ณ
#Psychiatry
, Re-wild
The zoo likes to tell you
#Lucy
is an antisocial ๐but leading๐ scientists say there is no such thing.
Female ๐love to be in a family in the company of other๐.
#Lucy
has clearly been denied the opportunity to live a rich, family sanctuary life.
You
@CityofEdmonton
have๐ her
Charlotte Dujardin should be truly ashamed of herself!
This is not an error of judgment this is systematic abuse.
And the lawyers client said this was standard practice at Dujardins training sessions.
CJ deserves all she gets from now on how many ๐ have suffered this ?
๐นITV
She has now gone to a better place. Her body is free, her pain is gone.
There will be consequences for the people who allowed this but today let us remember a beautiful girl just 17
Her name is
#NoorJehan
and lm sure she would thank everyone on twitter who raised their voice 4her
May you roam with your eternal herd in the sky above us
#NoorJehan
.
We are so sorry we couldnโt ease your pain and get the people in power to do what was right.
We are sorry so many failed you.
We promise for you to fight harder for all zoo ๐rest in โฎ๏ธ โค๏ธ
As she lays here dying in front of the world.
Remember who brutalised her in life and exploited her in her death.
Her name is
#NoorJehan
sheโs a 17 year old African ๐ stolen from the wild ripped from her mother & herd an
@KmcPakistan
and
#KarachiZoo
employees did this to her
Post-mortem report reveals elephant Noor Jehanโs legs were broken
But who broke them
@KmcPakistan
? Where were the mahouts who were supposed to be looking after her ?
This is on your head
@sherryrehman
#Noorjehan
has gone down sheโs dying and the ๐ is watching her die all because you did ๐คฌall to help her till it was 2late
She has lived a life of utter hell in
#KarachiZoo
ALL SHE WANTED WAS SANCTUARY ๐ต๐ฐ
BUT YOU HAVE GIVEN HER A PREMATURE ๐
Slowly and gradually, she is dying right before your eyes
@CityofEdmonton
But instead of stepping up for Lucy you step away.
But the ๐ stands strong and all agree itโs โฐ to give Lucy the chance to get ready to relocate to
#Sanctuary
What has she got to loose โ๏ธ
This is ๐
#Lucy
in ๐จ๐ฆ and Edmonton Valley Zoo are driving her mad
2 sanctuaries on offer
Specialist to relocate FREE
2/1 med reports say yes she can travel
But zoo manager whoโs no qualifications in ๐
@gdewar
and
@CityofEdmonton
say NO
So Lucy continues to be driven mad.
Are you aware you keep a lone elephant in the coldest, worst zoo in North America
Sheโs called Lucy and sheโs in Edmonton Valley zoo๐จ๐ฆ
She is also made to urinate down a drain by her keepers.
Time all Canadians stood up for Lucy to get her to sanctuary she has 2places waiting ๐จ๐ฆ
Calgarians are excited about the great team weโre building.
Former MP Lee Richardson and MLA Ron Ghitter were on hand last night to support Alberta NDP Calgary-Elbow MLA Samir Kayande!
@SamirKayande
You too can get behind Samir at:
Day 9 of
#Kindness4NoorJehan
an
#Sanctuary4Karachi3
#NoorJehan
has laid down now for 146 hours
Her suffering transcends ๐ต๐ฐpetty politics.
Her life destroyed by them her dignity in her ๐failed.
The๐๐ her edging nearer to the end.
An end that should have come many days ago๐ต๐ฐ
I know the ๐ is ๐watching the harrowing demise of
#NoorJehan
at the ๐ of the incompetent
#KarachiZoo
๐ต๐ฐ an
@KmcPakistan
But what must this poor girl be thinking as she lays dying at only 17 years old
We all shouted when she had foot rot an zoo was treating her with Vaseline๐ข
Fact
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
#Lucy
has been at the Edmonton Valley Zoo since 1977, sadly never knowing another Asian ๐.
Experts state that keeping a female ๐ alone is one of the cruelest fates they can endure.
So why are you being so cruel to
#Lucy
@CityofEdmonton
?
#FreeLucy
Come on world we need to up our game.
When they are gone they are gone.
These precious animals belong to the world and for the world they need all our protection.
Itโs unbelievable that they call this tradition and it is still going on.
Tradition can be kind, so be kind stop bullfighting.
Forge a new tradition of kindness to bulls.
No your ๐donโt deceive you.
What you are seeing is
#Lucy
slowly being driven mad in her small barren enclosure while humans look on.
Her life is one of human control, loneliness an loss.
Sheโs even made 2 urinate in a drain such is the level of the human dominance over her๐ช
She lays dying, surrounded by no herd, no gentle touches, no reassurance from the matriarch ๐that the next life will be better than this.
@KmcPakistan
the lawlessness and corruption of
#Karachi
once again kills our ๐ precious wildlife.
Be kind help her to go
@BBhuttoZardari
Baby lambs desperately trying to climb to their mothers voice, smell love and touch before they are carted off to the slaughterhouse for someoneโs roast dinner or a cafeโs or pubโs
Easter special of Roast baby Lamb ! ๐ข
With the sad news + ๐ฅ in from amazing advocates around the๐
#NoorJehan
has fallen in her pool. How badly hurt is she, has she internal๐ฉธ
This cannot go on
@fourpawsint
you need a team on the ground weโre counting to get her freedom to sanctuary not her death ๐ go back help her
Karachi Zoo should now be resigned to the history books especially in a country where they don't even have the money to feed and care for humans, let alone voiceless, helpless animals.
What
#NoorJehan
has suffered is inhumane torture, and sadly this torture is still going on !
When your only way out is death from the hands of your abuser what type of world do we live in.
The pain she must feel the fear the loneliness of no ๐ reassurance by her side.
Sheโs laid down now for over 96hours with a broken body
What have you done
#KarachiZoo
๐ต๐ฐ
@PakPMO
ACT !
After a short life marked with nothing but cruelty this is all that remains of
#NoorJehan
Its hard to watch her suffering without getting ๐กbut whatโs even worse the Ministers an zoo officials who did this are still sitting in their Ivory towers.
But towers fall
#CloseKarachiZoo
#SaturdayMood
Lucyโs tears are words her mouth cannot say, nor can her heart bear.
(JW)
They say ignorance is bliss but
@CityofEdmonton
itโs been made very clear how cruel and wrong you are being to persistently keep Lucy & ๐ her relocating to
#Sanctuary
.
#FreeLucy
This photo looks like something out of a horror movie. You could easily believe this is a run down 3rd ๐ zoo.
But this is Lucy in Edmonton Valley zoo ๐จ๐ฆ a 1st ๐country.
@gdewar
had M$ of funding $0 on Lucy
Lucy has 2 sanctuary places waiting
2-3 specialists said she could ๐งณ๐
.
@KmcPakistan
@sherryrehman
@PakPMO
You took a baby๐
You broke its body and destroyed its mind
Now you have taken its life through your utter incompetence
For once do the right thing
Give her dignity bring in a ๐vet and let her slip away pain free.
For once do the right thing
As
#NoorJehans
health fails and she moves closed to ๐
The zoo administration has banned the entry of non-technical staff including the media from entering the zoo.
This is to COVER UP their failingsโผ๏ธโฆ
@PPP_Org
โฉ โฆ
@AseefaBZ
โฉ take control HELP๐
Sheโs got a torn diaphragm internal injuries and sheโs had a fall into a pool with injuries as yet undiagnosed an your swinging her around
Shes not in the๐ช
And whats with the clapping and music she must be absolutely terrified with all that racket
Your PR is failing drastically
In her short life
#NoorJehan
has given
#KarachiZoo
all she could.
But in return the zoo gave her a life of pain and suffering.
Man is given the ability to end extreme suffering.
Euthanasia is a heart wrenching kindness not a curse.
Explain
@KmcPakistan
why canโt you be kind ?
Watching someone die when itโs their time has a natural acceptability about it, as we all have to die thatโs a fact.
Watching someone die because of a life full of abuse and neglect is heartbreaking.
17 years thatโs all she had 17 ๐
@KmcPakistan
you took her life
#NoorJehan
So
@KmcPakistan
like to tell you that
#NoorJehan
is getting great care in her dying days weโll take a look and think again.
This is what great care looks like to a ICU dying elephants ๐คฌ๐คฌ๐คฌ๐คฌ๐คฌ
DIRECTOR KARACHI ZOO TERMINATED OVER NEGLIGENCE IN AILING ๐TREATMENT
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
why are we not reading a headline like this about
@gdewar
treatment ๐Lucy
80kg uterine tumour
Toxic barn air
No pool
No acres to forage
No autonomy made 2wee in a drain
We all make memories everyday
But itโs heartbreaking to know that the only memories Lucy has made for 46 years are memories which contain pain, loneliness & a longing to be somewhere other than Edmonton valley zoo ๐จ๐ฆ
#Monday
30th October 2023 time to
#FreeLucy
no more captivity.
Every bone in
#Lucys
body must ache because of the bitter ๐จ๐ฆEdmonton ๐ฅถ
Her muscles & skin bruised through the constant jab of the bull hook.
The throbbing through her feet radiating up her body as sheโs forced to walk on ๐ฅถ slippery snow.
This is no place for an Asian ๐
#๐Lucy
A 12-year Harvard study of 78,000 women, those who drank milk three times a day broke more bones than women who rarely drank milk. Animal protein in milk tends to leach calcium from bones.
Lucys life has been one of pain & control
Her body shows the scars of passed bull๐ชjabs 2her legs & pressure points
But what makes this abuse worse the zoo vets treat her wounds 2๐ infection to make sure she goes on entertaining & bringing in Zoo revenue
Nov 4th 2023 let her go
#sundayvibes
Our nature is in crisis & all the
@CityofEdmonton
๐จ๐ฆ can do is keep a lone, lonely wild female Asian ๐ ๐ up in captivity; when they know they have the ๐ best ๐ movers waiting to move her safely to
#Sanctuary
๐ the blocking & start the moving
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
The ๐stood up and raised its voice for
#NoorJehan
and the suffering she suffered in Karachi Zoo๐ต๐ฐ
๐ can the ๐also rise up and raise their voices for Lucy ๐ Edmonton Valley Zoo ๐จ๐ฆ
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
and City council can ๐ณ๏ธto let her go
โ๏ธ Lucyโs petition
Nichole, a female Asian ๐arrived safety at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee from San Antonio Zoo, on Thursday, March 9. Sheโs settling in just fine throwing that sand.
Can you imagine Lucyโs face if this was her
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
get city councillors to ๐ณ๏ธyes get Lucy rolling
On Earth day may we remember one of our earths greatest assets.
But sadly
@KmcPakistan
took her from the ๐ put her in a cage, brutalised her till she fell then abused her while she lay suffering.
@SalmanSufi7
her ๐ is on your hands.
Her name is
#NoorJehan
she was only 17 yrs
Welcome to Edmonton valley zoo come on down, bring the whole family & watch the legal torture & abuse of an Asian ๐
Irresponsible tourism thinks this is ok.
We all know this is stereotypical behaviour and Lucy is slowly being driven mad.
Time to get Lucy rolling to sanctuary.
Winter is a terrible time to be alone.
Yet this is a nightmare
#Lucy
is forced to live through year after year in the ๐ฅถ๐จ๐ฆwinter months.
In the coming months LUCY will be once again๐in a tiny concrete shed as temperatures plummet to - 48C
@_TimCartmell
want2save$
SanctuarysFREE
Want to help the three elephants left in ๐ต๐ฐafter
#NoorJehans
death.
If we donโt get them out these butchers will do the same to them. The ๐ ๐๐ already have foot rot which they were treating with Vaseline ๐คฆ
Foot rot kills ๐
#Sanctuary4Karachi3
#MerryChristmas
#Lucy
Iโm sorry your still in hells zoo & Iโm sorry the people we put in power ๐ away, ignore the science & donโt put ANY effort into getting you ready to relocate to
#Sanctuary
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
this isnโt over till
#Lucy
steps๐ฆถin sanctuary.
More is coming !
We all leave this world but how we leave should be just as important as our birth.
Sheโs suffering, sheโs in pain, sheโs frightened, please tweet for
#NoorJehan
.โฆ
@fourpawsint
โฉ can you explain why you only stayed a matter of days to treat
#NoorJehan
given her injuries were so severe. U stayed for 3 months to relocate Kaavan.
Why wasnโt it possible to leave a team 2 aid instead of leaving her to her abusers.
What more can we add or say to these powerful images
The utter horror is self-evident a ๐being made to walk in the๐ฅถโ๏ธof๐จ๐ฆ while the humans who we put in places of power donโtโwithout a shadow of doubt what
@gdewar
or EVZoo tells them
Not 1 has taken the โฐ2 visit a sanctuary.
How can
#NoorJehans
๐ get any worse
Hereโs footage of her mahout abusing her.
She canโt get away from him she canโt even walk all she can do is take the abuse this man gives her. And look at the woman who watches on
@SalmanSufi7
laughing.
Whyโs is this ๐surrounded by sadists ?
I would like to say forgive them Lucy for they know not what they do.
But the reality is they know exactly what they are doing.
Edmonton๐จ๐ฆis keeping Lucy in captivity because sheโs a revenue earner a commodity
Shame on you
@CityofEdmonton
council 4 lacking empathy 4 a captive๐
Lucy's ๐ฐ๏ธ is running out.
๐ urge
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
@CityofEdmonton
to do the right thing & give Lucy the opportunity to restore her health & enjoy the remainder of her life in a warm serene spacious ๐ก.
Sanctuary is waiting
Free transport is waiting
๐ specialists R waiting.
On a personal level each zoo ๐ possesses a unique story.
Lucyโs is one of loneliness & missed opportunities.
She should be forming bonds with her herd mates & developing endearing quirks, instead sheโs isolated depressed stressed & exploited.
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
her sorrows on YOU
If your thinking of visiting
@Canada
๐จ๐ฆ can you ask them why they feel itโs ok to allow Lucy the ๐ฅถloneliest ๐ in the ๐ to languish in a tiny dangerous inadequate zoo in ๐ฅถ Edmonton when she has 2 sanctuary places waiting and free relocation.
@JustinTrudeau
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
This show just how fragile life is.
But it also shows what, neglect, ignorance and abuse at the ๐ of those in power does
@KmcPakistan
just over your boarder you have India an India have some amazing ๐vets if you wanted to save
#NoorJehan
why have you not asked your neighbour ?
Is this why you wanted to ban all the media except your own PR videos
@KmcPakistan
@SalmanSufi7
@BBhuttoZardari
I guess you donโt want the ๐to see
#NoorJehan
being abused as she lays dying unable to run away from
her abusers
So what else has gone on? what else have you done?
Every time Lucy walks on concrete she opens herself up to a surface that causes thin uneven & bruised foot pads + cracked nails which lead to infection & osteomyelitis.
Now the zoo know all this, so why do they continue to make Lucy walk on the concrete pavements around
#YegZoo
?
Karachi zoo just cannot seem to help themselves.
Itโs not just๐that suffer in this hell hole of a zoo is it
@KmcPakistan
An you now say you want to make a sanctuary of international standards.
Just do the decent thing / call in the big NGOโs and relocate yr zoo animals out of ๐ต๐ฐ
#Lucys
sorrow is played out before dead eyes, who see only a commercial commodity, not a thinking, feeling ๐ who is really suffering before them.
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
@EdmontonClerk
you have the ability to
#FreeLucy
so pls let her go before itโs too late.
Sanctuary is waiting
๐Lucy
We will not forget
We will not forgive
Justice for
#NoorJehan
needed
And
#Sanctuary
for the remaining
#Karachi3
๐๐๐
๐ SST this petition for the remaining 3 elephants locked in Karachi ๐ต๐ฐ one of the ๐ worst places for ๐๐๐
@PakPMO
@OfficeSenate
Itโs such a shame that some males in our society have been bypassed by yrs and yrs of evolution and have no rational thought
No Gavin we are clearly not all the same, many of us have intelligence an a understanding of just how cruel and wrong it is to own our๐ precious wildlife
Itโs Thursday the 12th of October 2023 &
#Lucy
looses another day to captivity
Without doubt Lucy life is a tragedy unfolding before our ๐
Silence maybe regarded as golden, but
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
& Edmonton Council itโs not always healthy
Whereโs your voices to relocate ๐Lucy โ๏ธ
It seems unbelievable that
@JustinTrudeau
allows this to happen in๐จ๐ฆ
Whereโs the political will to step up to give
#Lucy
the ๐ฅถ loneliest ๐ in the ๐ the chance to relocate to sanctuary. 2/1 experts said she could go but the zoo wants to keep her and make $ off her till she dies
For all who live in Europe
#Bunka
really needs your help.
We have an elephant on our doorstep living in absolutely hell.
No natural Enrichment
No herd
Just a concrete jungle driving him mad.
So please SST his petition.
Every tweet for
#Lucy
freedom is a seed & out of seeds mighty ๐ณgrow.
Every minute of silence from
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
& his colleagues is a nail in Lucyโs โฐ๏ธfrom a council who ๐is ๐ฅถ & their empathy lost at the๐ชwhen they became councillors.
Itโs frightening what power does to you
#SaturdayThoughts
#Lucy
the ๐ is a sentient being with a deep connection to our natural ecosystem.
She possess knowledge & wisdom that has been passed down through generations of ๐๐
To deny her to use this knowledge
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
is to deny her LIFE
#FreeLucy2Sanctuary
Always try to put yourself in others position before making decisions.
@kerentangyeg
@Erinforanirniq
Lucy is forced to live in cramped, unnatural conditions that could not possibly met her needs, causing immense & unrelenting suffering.
This is what ppl taxes are paying 4 WHY
#Lucys
not giving up on her dream of sanctuary freedom
and neither are we
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
This wonโt go away because every moment of your life you behave with such injustice towards
#Lucy
You fail to bring in the sanctuary experts you fail to accept there is another way forward
To all international investors in Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ please pull out until
@KmcPakistan
prosecute the management and Ministers who allowed this elephant abuse to happen
@PepsiMAX
PEPSI that includes you sponsoring hells zoo Karachi Safari Park
This is what ๐ต๐ฐ does to its zoo animals
The first meeting of all provincial wildlife departments on the condition of Zooโs and a national strategy for their future will be held on 2nd May, hosted by
@ClimateChangePK
PMO will continue to support this initiative for a much needed reform.
Every day
#Lucy
a sentient, intelligent ๐ has her life shattered & her freedom taken from her. Bought & paid for like an item in a store to entertain the crowds in ๐ฅถ inhospitable Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
You should be ashamed
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
you are allowing this sham to go on !
๐
#LUCY
#Sanctuary
for
#Lucy
is not just about taking her out of the place where sheโs exploited.
Itโs about ensuring she has dignified, free living, where she will be cared for & loved for life.
#Lucy
be able to recover & spend the rest of her days free from suffering in sanctuary.
It only takes a moment of your time to do something for Lucy
No matter where you are in the ๐ pls โ๏ธ this petition for Lucy.
Because all actions no matter how small can lead to Lucyโs road to freedom.
We must never give up being Lucyโs voice.
This is
@CAZA_AZAC
an they think Lucy slowly being driven mad alone in 1 of the smallest ๐enclosures in a 1st world country is ok
The little zoo standards club keeping animals in captivity and hell since 1974 an itโs a non profit org so it can make more $ from animals in cages
Congratulations to Paul โLittle Rayโ Goulet, the recipient of 2023โs Zoo and Aquarium Professional Award.
Read more about his story here:
@LittleRaysNC
Lucy was ripped from the warmth of Sri Lanka
Sold & shipped to a ๐ฅถEdmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
The Frostbite on her ears made her keepers laugh her dislike of snow made them chuckle.
But Lucyโs not laughing sheโs lonely๐ฅถ& broken.
Time for reparations
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
@CityofEdmonton
๐
#LUCY
๐จ Emergency Tweet Storm for
#NoorJehan
HAPPENING NOW Please she needs all our help and voices.
Please send this storm trending for
#NoorJehan
if this is the only thing we can do around the world FOR HER then letโs do it ๐๐๐
#NoMoreSuffering
#Monday
23rd & Lucy looses another day to ZOOcaptivity
In
#Sanctuary
this would be Lucyโs day
With the โ๏ธin her ๐ & warmth on her back easing her aching ๐ฆดdo l walk out left or right or should l slumber for a while in my barn
Who should l chatter with today & Im going 4 A swim.
Elephant Cheppulassery Ananthapadhmanabhan reeling in pain die to footrot being paraded violating all the elephant parade rules in Kerala
District : Palakkad
Owner: Shabari Group
This Christmas
#Lucy
could have been spending her first Christmas in
#Sanctuary
But because of
@gdewars
manipulation of her 2023 assessment she will spending Christmas๐ฅถ & alone in a rundown ๐จ๐ฆzoo
Has Gary blown all the Zoobudget on a NOโ
Why didnโt he ask back DrLondon & Ingoโ
#Lucy
is living in a lonely ๐ฅถ environment, and the facts are she could have been moved years ago.
But this ๐จ๐ฆ Edmonton roadside zoo is failing her time & time again.
The
@CityofEdmonton
is failing her
You
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
& your Council are failing her.
๐ blocking & ๐
#Lucy
.
Shame on you ๐ต๐ฐ J certainly know how to cull healthy stray ๐which you do regularly.
Karachi zoo tortured
#NoorJehan
her whole life and now controls whether she lives or dies as sheโs been receiving palliative care for 8 days now. Its not a contest how long you can keep her alive
Lucy didnโt agree to give her life to be a living exhibit.
& we have no right to ๐ pick which animals have to suffer a unnatural life in captivity
Lucyโs constant pain is not worth Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ pleasure.
2/1 said she could travel safely to sanctuary
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
let
#Lucy
go
.
#NoorJehan
was abused all her life, this even included while she laid dying.
Yashma Gill didnโt visit because she cared if she had cared she would have been fighting for years to get
#NoorJehan
to Sanctuary.
She visited as she wanted to be in the limelight using a ๐๐ as a prop
Small enclosure, no ventilation, breathing in silica sand, inadequate protection from the ๐ฅถ. The daily life story of Lucy should be transparent not a
#NoShow4Lucy
false narrative.
@kprincipeyeg
why didnt you come โ
The Edmonton Valley Zoo is owned and operated by the City of Edmonton and is open 364 days a year, closing only on Christmas Day.
Do you have to work 364 days a year ? poor
#Lucy
does
You donโt retire to your place of work
@AmarjeetSohiYEG
Come on send Lucy to sanctuary !
๐ธEVZ