Lucy the Elephant & Frostie the Parrot

When I was in B.C. recently I found out about Lucy, an elephant who is totally isolated, in a cold climate zoo and not doing well physically.  A  group of writers (including Michael Ondaatje and Margaret Atwood) are trying to have Lucy moved to a better place.

Here is a link to a news article, published May 23.

On Zoocheck Canada there is a letter written by the writers to the Mayor of the City of Edmonton - it's really worth reading. There is a link on this page where you can email the Mayor.

As some of you know I have just participated in an extraordinary workshop led by Deena Metzger and heard some of her personal experiences with elephants in Africa and elsewhere -- she's written about them too, beautifully - given what I know from Deena I can't help feeling Lucy could do with all the support we can give her, even if it's to send our love to her.


Not an elephant, but another wonderful being, Frosty the Parrot. There are lots of 'dancing' parrots on YouTube but I think Frosty is the best one: