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Questionable Practices at the Calgary Zoo

Critter News

The Calgary Zoo is again under scrutiny as details emerged Friday about how a capybara, a species of giant South American rodent, died after becoming caught in a hydraulic door last weekend as it was being moved from one area to another. In April 2009, unseasonably cold weather froze two whopping crane eggs.

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Ugandan Birding for Businessmen

10,000 Birds

Although work distracts him regularly from the observation of birds, he has managed to see a great many species regardless. The trip was short on time, so no gorillas, chimps, or Albertine Rift endemics. and pre-arranged transport at the landing took me back to Entebbe airport.

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