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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
The whole zoo matter is pretty discouraging. At the same time, however, perhaps the zoo should use this time (if it isn't already) to do a complete re-evaluation of its program and consider what kind of zoo it wants to be and revamp its entire operations.
I gotta admit, when I first visited the zoo a year or so ago I was shocked that it didn't have any polar bears. I honestly expected a big-city Canadian zoo to have a pretty well known Canadian animal.
Maybe the zoo could refocus its collection and become the go-to destination for Canadian and polar/cold weather animals. Let all the other zoos have the usual gorillas and flamingos and meerkats, and I'm not saying that Calgary shouldn't have a few of them for good measure. But let Calgary have the unparalled collection of artic animals and it will soon become truly synonymous with the great zoos.
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They used to have polar bears as I recall them when I was young but yeah they haven't had them for a while. I don't know the history of why they no longer have them.
We get zoo passes every year as the kids love it and it's going to be wierd not going to the zoo this summer.