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Old 01-18-2009, 08:07 PM
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I have a question for all the people who are upset about this. Have you NEVER, EVER had an animal die in your own private zoo? If you haven't then congratulations, if you have then what is the difference? The only one I see is that the Calgary Zoo has professionals on staff to care for the animals, while us hobbiests are rank amateurs.
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Old 01-18-2009, 09:02 PM
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I have been to Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver Zoos and by far my favourite is Calgary.
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Old 01-18-2009, 09:39 PM
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Well you have to face the fact that the media nver sugar coats anything. if anything it puts a black cloud over all.
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Old 01-18-2009, 10:42 PM
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also almost no animals if any are wild captured for a zoo thier all bred at other zoo's and traded in breeding programs or to a zoo with a suitable enclosure,
any wild animals that do end up in zoo's are rescue animals like the orphaned bears when the mother was killed by a logging truck, one of the eagles was found with broken wings and a missing eye and im sure their are lots of other man caused accidents that the zoo is now taking care of.

as for them doing research the calgary zoo is a huge supporter of animal sanctuaries around the world, i seen a yearly spending report for the zoo once and it spends crazy amounts of money on things around the world.
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Old 01-19-2009, 01:27 AM
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Well you have to face the fact that the media nver sugar coats anything. if anything it puts a black cloud over all.
have to agree, nothing sells more papers than a little controversy....

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"After Williams returned to the goat exhibit, she saw a zoo keeper attempting CPR on the goat, but it was too late."

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Williams said she believes zoo officials may have taken too long to reach the goat.

"It was quite a few minutes," she said. "It wasn't five. It was probably more."

how did she know, she wasn't there and "she believes" ?????? who is she and what does she do??????

this is the media making a story from a tragic situation, is it a horrible shame??, yes but it's hard to lay blame not actually being there.
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Old 01-19-2009, 04:06 AM
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Yes, even this quote ....."It wasn't five. It was probably more."....is somewhat contradictory. The first part..."It wasn't five. ...."...is definitive. But the second part...".... It was probably more."....is not, and actually suggests that maybe the first part is not so definitive at all. Clearly said by someone who didn't know facts.
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Old 01-19-2009, 04:42 AM
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LOL, sorry...I should hang like a goat...

I saw the interview with the woman and it was my understanding she had told the dim bulb in the gift shop about the entanglement with the rope....to which the gal replied they do that all the time. It was my understanding in the interview that she went back again after the goat fell, and was strangling.

Maybe I saw it wrong. Or maybe, where is that video? So I can watch it again to be sure?

Oh well, let's go breed more elephants !!! Whoo Hoooo !!!
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