Critter News
JUNE 20, 2010
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. A huge spiral-horned goat got trapped in a toy rope and choked. Not a stellar reputation.
Critter News
DECEMBER 12, 2009
Another animal dies at the Calgary Zoo and more questions are being raised about their practices. I don't track zoos, but this seems like an unusually high number of casualties. In May 2008, 41 of the 43 rays at the Calgary Zoo’s 37,000-litre touch-tank died. Tags: zoos welfare violations animal welfare.
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2014
Greater Rheas, a species the Germans call Nandu, are very popular in Germany and frequently kept in zoos as well as private enclosures. It is not unusual to drive by a farm building and see a bunch of Greater Rheas on the farm’s fenced-in pasture next to sheep or goats. But again, there’s no data to back it up.
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