Umculi oneminyaka engu-74 ubudala uCher waziwa hhayi kuphela kwimibukiso ekhanyayo kanye nokushaya okucasulayo. Umlingisi ulwela amalungelo ezilwane zasendle. Kungumsunguli we-Free The Free Inhlangano yasendle, ebibambisene ekukhululekeni kwezilwane eziqukethwe ezindaweni zase-zoo, kanye nokuzivumelanisa nezimo zabo endaweni yemvelo. Muva nje kwaziwa ukuthi umculi wathumela incwadi eya kuMeya u-Edmonton uDon Aveson noMqondisi we-Edmonton Valley Zoo Gary Dwairu ngocingo "lokukhululeka iLucy ngemuva kokudingiswa ngemuva kweminyaka engama-45." UCher ubuza ukuthi athumele kudokotela we-lucy ukuze akwazi ukubona isimo sempilo yakhe.
Incwadi ye-CHER yabhalwa ngemuva kukaDkt Rick Quinn, i-Vet kanye nomqondisi weJane Odoll Institute, bathumela umyalezo kumhlangano wamahhala we-Gin Neutlorop Coon, ephikisana noLucy ukuphela kwendlovu ehlala ku izimo eziphansi zeCanada ezingaphezu kweminyaka engama-40. ULucy akakaze ahambisane nezinye izindlovu futhi akuvamile ukuxhumana nabantu ngenxa yesikhathi esilinganiselwe se-Oponton Valley Zoo. "Unokukhuluphala ngokweqile, unesifo samathambo esibi nesifo sonyawo. Ngeke kudlulise isisindo emlenzeni wezintambo futhi ngenxa yokudla okungafanele kuhlushwa izinkinga zamazinyo ne-colic ebuhlungu, ngenxa yalokho kwaphela, "obhalela udokotela.
UCher ubuze ukukhulula uLucy, ngoba washiyelwa ukuba aphile iminyaka engaba ngu-15, futhi ngalesi sikhathi angaba nesikhathi sokujoyina indawo yaso yemvelo. Umculi wathembisa ukuthola isinqumo esinokuthula sokukhulula izindlovu nezinye izilwane.