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Calgary Zoo Feeling Economic Pressure

Critter News

They had to cancel a big project that would have showcased polar bears and seals. That will happen, says the vet who's spent the past 15 summers in the arctic, when polar bears reach a point where only captive breeding can save them from extinction -- a day that's on the horizon. But don't feel too bad for them.

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Hornbills of Sabah

10,000 Birds

One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. While being a vet certainly has its attractions, including possibly not having to deal with people too much, the names of these diseases sound somewhat off-putting. Now pairs of hornbills feed outside this correspondent’s window”.