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Questionable Practices at the Calgary Zoo

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Another animal dies at the Calgary Zoo and more questions are being raised about their practices. The fatality is one in a string of animal deaths in recent years. 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.

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Extinction Week Recap

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And some of the extinctions were of small animals, like the many dwarf goats and elephants in the Mediterranean. The Mysterious Starling – “Killed Hopping About in a Tree”. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Comebackers.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. One of the established ways to evaluate self-cognition in animals (including humans) is the mirror test. In the classic test, an animal is anesthetized and then marked on an area of the body the animal cannot normally see.

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