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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Let my elephants go: A new Canadian documentary spotlights animal welfare in zoos
Description: Just in time for Passover, Fern Levitt has a message of freedom for Canadian audiences—about elephants. On April 11, her new documentary, Lucy: The Stolen Lives of Elephants, will begin streaming nationwide on CBC Gem. The film casts a harsh spotlight on nearly two dozen elephants owned by parks and zoos in Canada, most notably Lucy, of the Edmonton Valley Zoo, whom protesters have called to be released in recent years due to her age and declining health.
To make this film, Levitt spent three years reporting on what she and others believe are irrefutable animal rights abuses. And it...