“Even though it’s a large white object, it’s pretty nerve racking,” police spokesman Jim Hansen said of the chase for Berlin [the polar bear]. Zoo officials said she was tranquilized by the zoo’s vet and placed in quarantine....
Two seals managed to swim out of the zoo but were quickly recaptured just outside. Wolniakowski said no dangerous animals left the zoo grounds and that all have been secured.
June 20, 2012
Polar bear flees its zoo pen in Duluth, escaping the flood.
There was some heavy rain up at Lake Superior today.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
17 comments:
Man-made global warming is attacking Polar Bears again!
In captivity, they have obviously forgotten how to swim.
Years ago, we had a theme park in Orange County that was called Wild Country. The star of its animal collection was an old circus lion who, when he was turned loose in the park, discovered females and went to town. In a couple of years he had 30 cubs. George Burns made jokes about him.
Well, one year we had a heavy rain season and the road through Laguna Canyon flooded. The flooded area was next to the park. Some animals got out of the park including a hippo named "Bubbles." It turned out that Bubbles was successful in hiding in a pond and a couple of weeks went by. She became a local heroine. The park management got frustrated at the cost of watching for her. Finally, they shot her with a tranquilizer gun. She died from that, probably suffocated.
The public turned strongly against the park after that. It was a PR disaster. The park closed a couple of years later.
Sorry, Lion Country Safari was the name of the park. The animals roamed free and you drove through in your car. No convertibles.
Forget "The Bridges of Madison County"! "The Polar Bears of Duluth" pwns it.
Meanwhile, in southern Wisconsin, parched.
A lot of places are parched, madMan, but, even if the bear didn't get out of the zoo, a polar bear is one nasty adversary.
If those seals were Navy Seals I would say they are both "armed and dangerous."
Sorry, Lion Country Safari was the name of the park. The animals roamed free and you drove through in your car. No convertibles.
People would feed the giraffes through the sunroofs of their cars. Was pretty cool, up until one of the rhinos caved in your driver side door.
I always wondered how they could afford the liability insurance.
Where's the Bob Dylan connection, Althouse. You never miss a chance for a Bob Dylan connection.
Duluth's representatie in the US Congress is Chip Cravaack. How do you like those Aaaples?
Hippos are very dangerous animals. Probably the most dangerous in Africa. Based on that link, not very sanitary either. Regrettably, the people were better off that they shot her.
Sad that some of the animals drowned. One can see how that would be especially hard on zookeepers who, presumably, love animals.
Pablo Escobar imported some hippos for his private zoo in Medellin. When he was killed, the hippos got loose and now roam Colombia w/o any natural predators to control them.
Zoos need to be closed down. Real zoologists need to be out in the field, doing real observations. Zoos are an outdated relic that are no longer necessary. Watch animals on tv. There will be enough Jack Hannah shows for that to happen.
I hate zoos
This is going to be awfully bad for Duluth and Superior. I really hope it works out OK, but that's going to be tough to recover from.
Sounds like the Atlanta flood in 2009. It rained so hard my house flooded from above.
Pix at:
http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/metro/atlanta/best-flood-2009/
Post a Comment