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An Osprey Nest and The Migratory Bird Treaty Act

10,000 Birds

This is a poor photo I took of this pair’s nest back in 2009. After all, we want to see this Osprey pair flying in every Spring to carry on their very successful display of breeding prowess without human interference. The new nest is still but a ghost of what the old nest looked like.

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Questionable Practices at the Calgary Zoo

Critter News

Incidents include a hippo who died in transport from Denver and a Turkmenian markhor, a species of wild goat, hung itself at the zoo after becoming trapped by a rope. In April 2009, unseasonably cold weather froze two whopping crane eggs. In November 2008, a virus killed a 15-month-old Asian elephant calf named Malti.

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