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Calgary Zoo in Big Trouble

Critter News

We've written about the Calgary Zoo here before. To many people, the number of animal fatalities at the Calgary Zoo in newer years seemed very high. A hippo passed away following a long, horrible transfer from another zoo. Woodyer wanted Lanthier to quit and for the zoo’s accreditation to be taken away.

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Operation Nix-the-Petting-Zoo, Part Deux

Animal Person

Coincidentally, last night was a board meeting for our homeowner's association, and though I wasn't on the agenda there's always time for homeowner comments about, say, the petting zoo and pony rides that are scheduled for the spring "BBQ" ( here 's part one of this story). And there's not much from the health angle for pony rides.

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Wagging Tales

4 The Love Of Animals

Written by Tim Link, a full-time animal communicator and Reiki energy healer for animals, he shares his personal experiences. Tags: books. If you are an animal lover, you will enjoy each of the heartfelt stories, and it may even get you to look at your own pets in a new way. please visit the Wagging Tales website !

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2

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They were one, two or three to a cage, and I am 80 percent sure the accommodations were exemplary as far as such institutions (or for that matter traditional zoos) go. The natural experiment must have been tried very infrequently, at least recently. Tags: animal experimentation animal research.

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Most Wanted Birds in Brazil

10,000 Birds

While it’s no longer possible to see this regal macaw soar gracefully through the Brazilian skies, to be able to worship them—even from afar at one of the conservatories or zoos—would be a dream, at last, come true. I worked with a pair of motmots at a US zoo and fell in love with their vibrant colors and unique tails.

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Africa’s endangered species

10,000 Birds

The stunning head plumes of the Gray Crowned-Crane make it attractive to bird collectors and zoos; illegal collecting of wild birds is one of the reasons why this species is now considered Endangered. These birds are tagged and migrate to the Sululta Plains on the Ethiopian highlands were they spend their winter.

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On the Psychological Continuum

Animal Person

I do think that in my lifetime greyhound racing will end, circuses will be animal-free, elephants and marine mammals won't be in zoos, and fur might even be banned. Tags: Activism Language. The whole development of society must be slow and continuous, the changes incremental. ( What do you think?