Enough is enough...the Calgary Zoo needs

[justinl]

Originally Posted by superduperwesman

I was at the zoo a little after the sting rays died and I overheard the one zoo keeper telling someone that they thought someone had put something in the water but it was still being investigated.

What someone could have put in there to toast the tank??? I have no idea?? Sounds a little made up to me and with a lot of unknowns but that's what I heard... from my cousins, brothers, uncles ex girlfriends friend who knew someone who worked at the zoo a few years ago.

But the baby elephant was still around at that time and was really cute

I would bet it was just the staff speculating based on not much at all. If i recall correctly, the tank was a touch tank... that is open for the visitors at all times. which means it is EXTREMELY vulnerable to foreign stuff getting thrown intentional or not. it also means that they probably have no idea what to test for, meaning that this might never be resolved. Personally I am completely against touch tanks unless there is an experienced staff member there at all times. you never know when lil 5 year old mikey is going to escape the unwary gaze of his parents and dump an entire bottle of soda and a chocolate bar in to feed the fishies.

back in the 70's i think it was, the Vancouver aquarium was almost shut down because some nutter poisoned most of the tanks with rat poison (cyanide). unfortunately, the reality is that it is not hard at all to crash a system or kill its inhabitants... some of us know that all too well.