Enough is enough...the Calgary Zoo needs

[EmilyB]

help or shut it down:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...hub=TopStories

[Treebeard]

Looks to me like a freak accident. How many children have died from accidents with toys, cribs, etc that have found to be unsafe and recalled after the fact?

[i have crabs]

i agree with it being an accident, and zoo's should not be shut down anymore than all of our tanks should be

how many wild animals get crappy care and are bought knowing they have almost no chance of long term survival.

[sphelps]

Yeah I think you're over reacting, accidents happen. You can't say they didn't care or try, they gave CPR to a goat! That's more than I would do.

Zoos are somewhat cruel places for animals but that's the price of entertainment. However I also believe good also comes from it in the form of research.

[lorenz0]

If you think the calgary zoo is bad there is alot worse. There was a zoo in between edmonton and calgary with tigers and stuff, from what i have heard it was disgusting and many lawsuits were filed against the place.

For sure looks like a freak accident. if you read the last artical they talk about the animals that have died... now the stingray incident, we all should know what over loading a system does or what ever happened.

[justinl]

does the calgary zoo contribute to research?

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by treebeard

looks to me like a freak accident. How many children have died from accidents with toys, cribs, etc that have found to be unsafe and recalled after the fact?

+1

[awa1979]

Of the zoo's I have been to in Canada (Edmonton, Vancouver, Calgary) the Calgary one is the best with the most suitable enclosures, the Vancouver zoo is the worst.

Of the zoo's on a world wide scale, San Diego Zoo is by far the best I have ever been to followed by the Sydney Zoo.

This seems to be a an accident that one really could not predict.

I would however be interested in why the rays died.

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by awa1979

Of the zoo's I have been to in Canada (Edmonton, Vancouver, Calgary) the Calgary one is the best with the most suitable enclosures, the Vancouver zoo is the worst.
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FWIW, and if I'm not mistaken, the Vancouver zoo, of what little is left of it, is being/will be phased out as the animals slowly die off of old age. Eventually, all that will be left is the aquarium. Again,...if I'm not mistaken. I believe that is the plan.

[Whatigot]

Originally Posted by Johnny Reefer

FWIW, and if I'm not mistaken, the Vancouver zoo, of what little is left of it, is being/will be phased out as the animals slowly die off of old age. Eventually, all that will be left is the aquarium. Again,...if I'm not mistaken. I believe that is the plan.

The zoo that used to be in stanley park was a joke.
It was pure tourist attraction and has not eheld animals for years.

The vancouver zoo, in Abbottsford, is slightly better but still nowhere near as nice of a facility as the Calgary zoo.

One way or the other, animals are pretty much going to be eventually relegated to man made habitats, the ones that can adapt to such a crappy life anyways.

1 goat hangs himself?
big deal.
We are killing our entire planet a little bit faster everyday.
I'm an animal lover, but I am also a realist.
Humanity and the animal world cannot coexist.
at least not yet and not in the forseeable future.
all of these animals are doomed to die and we are all the killers.
you drive a car?
guilty.

you buy food or consumer goods and have no idea where hey came from?
guilty.

You buy fish or coral collected from the wild?
guilty.

use tap water to fill your tank?
guilty.

wash your car in your driveway?
guilty

Use paper that isn't 100% recycled?
guilty.

Literally, the list goes on and on and on.

I'm guilty.
through inaction and complacency, my guilt sits on my shoulders like an iron scarf.

Our entire way of life is threatening every other living being on the planet, from trees to plankton.
I feel for this poor goat, but I feel for everything else that is dying too, just because it's happening slower and isn't pumped on CTV doesn't make it any less tragic.

I just can't believe that the death of one goat can incite such passionate, righteous banter when we may well be past our 5 minutes to resuscitate our planet already.
so please guys, if you wish you could've saved this goat, take a step back and consider the big picture and think about the struggling, kicking, doomed goat we all live on.