Assiniboine Park Zoo Expansion: Journey to Churchill Exhibit | Completed - Page 4

thebasketballgeek · #61 Posted **Jul 6, 2014, 12:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by Andy6

No, each seal has been provided with a taser.

Hopefully they know how to use a taser

2lunds · #62 Posted **Jul 7, 2014, 2:45 PM**

Interestingly - the seals are both blind.

Cyro · #63 Posted **Jul 7, 2014, 4:38 PM**

^ Fascinating, was not aware of this..

Some of the Wild Life present at the Exhibit.
(less the Snowy owls, Arctic fox and Caribou)

Seals Chillin.

Wolves in the distance, I particularly like this one..

MuskOxen Grazing

Moose

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2014/07/0...boine-park-zoo

Riverman · #64 Posted **Jul 13, 2014, 6:56 PM**

Interesting take on the new zoo exhibit.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opi...266850041.html

Cyro · #65 Posted **Jul 13, 2014, 7:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Riverman

Interesting take on the new zoo exhibit.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opi...266850041.html

It's always good to get multiple perspectives about any one given topic.

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The zoo maintains their three wild-born bears would have starved or been shot had they not taken them in. Sad though it may sound, I suggest the humane euthanasia of orphaned cubs, or bears that have attacked people, is the best of a limited number of unpleasant options. A shortened life in the wild, ended quickly and painlessly, is far preferable to one in which an animal's normal behaviour, such as hunting, foraging and roaming, become distant memories.

I'm going to have to personally disagree with:
Jonas Watson:companion animal veterinarian , the writer of his "Opinion piece", especially when it comes to Polar Bears, their loss of habitat and encroachment on populated areas and their dwindling numbers in the wild.

Riverman · #66 Posted **Jul 13, 2014, 11:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cyro

especially when it comes to Polar Bears, their loss of habitat and encroachment on populated areas and their dwindling numbers in the wild.

Yeah, all those massive populated areas in the Arctic.

Cyro · #67 Posted **Jul 14, 2014, 12:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by Riverman

Yeah, all those (removed massive) populated areas in the Arctic.

I fixed your addition to my post .Don't add s___ dude.

Polar Bears encroaching on populated areas in the Artic due to lack of natural food sources and their need to move closer to populated areas hence the need to Kill them when they become comfortable being in close proximity to humans.

Come up with a better response next go at it.

Cyro · #68 Posted **Jul 14, 2014, 12:53 AM**

Here's a little reading material before you post again.

http://seaworld.org/animal-info/anim...ears/behavior/

http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Threats-...lar-Bears.aspx

http://www.polarbearsinternational.o...climate-change

Riverman · #69 Posted **Jul 14, 2014, 3:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by Cyro

Come up with a better response next go at it.

Yep, urban development is at an all time high in the arctic. All of the polar bear habitat has disappeared forcing all the bears to a single iceberg.

Any idea how big the arctic is? Maybe post some more crap articles. Polar bear number numbers are growing:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle4099460/

Andy6 · #70 Posted **Jul 14, 2014, 3:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by Riverman

Yep, urban development is at an all time high in the arctic. All of the polar bear habitat has disappeared forcing all the bears to a single iceberg.

When my parents lived at Churchill over 50 years ago, in the days of the rocket range, it had at least two or three times the resident population that it has today. The polar bears are probably wondering where everyone went.

If we want to borrow some for our zoos, they should just be glad for the free food and fun times.

Cyro · #71 Posted **Jul 14, 2014, 3:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Riverman

Yep, urban development is at an all time high in the arctic. All of the polar bear habitat has disappeared forcing all the bears to a single iceberg.

Any idea how big the arctic is? Maybe post some more crap articles. Polar bear number numbers are growing:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle4099460/

Why do you keep blathering on about urban development and massive population densities in the Arctic for? It has nothing to do with the discussion?
Loss of sea ice, and an extended shipping season in the arctic are proof enough of a problem occurring to the bears natural feeding/hunting activities..

Your Globe and Mail article from 2012 also clearly illustrates there are those that believe the numbers are not accurate so the debate continues. The Nunavit Government wanted the Government study and survey? Of course they did. It's all about their hunting quota, and how many bears they can kill yearly, very lucrative and essential to their way of life.The higher the numbers the more that can be hunted.

This discussion was about bears wandering into communities and then having to be killed and instead of this some can be spared rather than shot?.
Re-read those crap articles, you may actually learn something about the species.

esquire · #72 Posted **Jul 14, 2014, 3:22 PM**

We are a weird species. On one hand we have an entire industry dedicated to the slaughter, processing and consumption of mammals and on the other hand we wring our hands over whether the polar bear in a vast enclosure is sufficiently stimulated.

Cyro · #73 Posted **Jul 14, 2014, 3:29 PM**

We are strange indeed at times.

h0twired · #74 Posted **Jul 14, 2014, 5:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

We are a weird species. On one hand we have an entire industry dedicated to the slaughter, processing and consumption of mammals and on the other hand we wring our hands over whether the polar bear in a vast enclosure is sufficiently stimulated.

I wouldn't pin a couple myopic individuals as the standard for our species.

Riverman · #75 Posted **Jul 14, 2014, 7:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by h0twired

I wouldn't pin a couple myopic individuals as the standard for our species.

My eyesight is just fine thank you. I ignore political analysis and embrace the scientific. We all would be wise to do the same.

Cyro · #76 Posted **Sep 10, 2014, 6:53 PM**

Nice addition to the Zoo. Very well suited to it's history in Manitoba.
It also sounds like a lot of fun for Visitors and thier families year round.

New zoo centre celebrates history of heavy horses

Visitors to the Assiniboine Park Zoo will get to enjoy horse-drawn wagon and sleigh rides when the McFeetors Heavy Horse Centre opens next summer.

The new centre will be named after Ray McFeetors, former CEO and chairman of Great-West Lifeco, who made a personal donation of $2 million to the Assiniboine Park Conservancy’s Imagine a Place campaign.

The centre will be located in a 4.7-acre area at the north end of the zoo. It will include a barn, pastures, paddocks, a carriage shed, and walking paths. The experience will include barn tours and zoo keeper-led interactions with the horses. Visitors will also have the opportunity to enjoy wagon rides within the exhibit in summer and sleigh rides into the park in winter.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/loc...urce=d-tiles-3

njaohnt · #77 Posted **Sep 19, 2014, 12:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by Cyro

Why do you keep blathering on about urban development and massive population densities in the Arctic for? It has nothing to do with the discussion?
Loss of sea ice, and an extended shipping season in the arctic are proof enough of a problem occurring to the bears natural feeding/hunting activities..

Your Globe and Mail article from 2012 also clearly illustrates there are those that believe the numbers are not accurate so the debate continues. The Nunavit Government wanted the Government study and survey? Of course they did. It's all about their hunting quota, and how many bears they can kill yearly, very lucrative and essential to their way of life.The higher the numbers the more that can be hunted.

This discussion was about bears wandering into communities and then having to be killed and instead of this some can be spared rather than shot?.
Re-read those crap articles, you may actually learn something about the species.

There is no evidence of global warming. The little bit of warming we see is from sunspots.

Cyro · #78 Posted **Sep 22, 2014, 6:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by njaohnt

There is no evidence of global warming. The little bit of warming we see is from sunspots.

I find sunspots and solar flares a fascinating phenomenon and the debate over global warming, it exists/doesn't and why interesting.

Here's a forum that might go into more detail on the subject.
ex:Random page from Scienceforums. net

http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/7...-4#entry757237

http://www.scienceforums.net/