07-19-2024, 07:42 PM
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Polar Bear in Calgary Zoo Dies in Unfortunate Accident
My friend, his wife, and son were at the zoo when this happened a few hours ago.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7270026
Very sad situation. Apparently it was accidental, when one of the bears was kicked in the head in the pool. Really unfortunate for this to happen with so many people watching at the time.
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07-19-2024, 08:16 PM
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Awful.
Freak accident while the 2 bears play fought in the water.
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07-20-2024, 03:39 PM
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Yeah, brutal news. We went for dinner with the polar bears event at the zoo. Must be absolutely devastating for the zoo staff.
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07-20-2024, 03:55 PM
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Man...what is going on? The Calgary Zoo has a pretty rough track records for...'keeping animals alive.'
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07-20-2024, 03:58 PM
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Maybe they hired Marineland staff.
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07-20-2024, 04:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Man...what is going on? The Calgary Zoo has a pretty rough track records for...'keeping animals alive.'
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More than other zoos? I’ll be honest, I’ve never looked into news at other zoos.
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07-20-2024, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by lazypucker
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Is that wrong?
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07-20-2024, 07:03 PM
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Terrible news, my wife has friends who work at the zoo and these things always hit the workers incredibly hard.
As much as these things suck, an accident like this could have just as easily happened in the wild. This isn’t a case of human error at least.
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07-21-2024, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Ped
Maybe they hired Marineland staff.
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is it bad that my first thought was that Sliver had gone for a visit at the zoo and taken a 'walking spear' 
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07-21-2024, 07:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
Terrible news, my wife has friends who work at the zoo and these things always hit the workers incredibly hard.
As much as these things suck, an accident like this could have just as easily happened in the wild. This isn’t a case of human error at least.
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07-23-2024, 10:23 AM
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07-23-2024, 02:49 PM
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Probably was an migrant polar bear with a previous record the "justice" system just slapped on the wrist on its previous offences.
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07-23-2024, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by fotze2
Probably was an migrant polar bear with a previous record the "justice" system just slapped on the wrist on its previous offences.
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Find another thread for this
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07-23-2024, 03:09 PM
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Sounds to me like Siku wanted the space all to himself and made it look like an accident.
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07-23-2024, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Shazam
Sounds to me like Siku wanted the space all to himself and made it look like an accident.
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Or a fish conspiracy and they hired Siku....
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07-23-2024, 05:37 PM
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It sucks no matter what, but at least it was confirmed that it was a freak accident caused by normal bear behaviour and not negligence or human error.
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07-25-2024, 09:34 AM
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horrible news, went to the zoo and saw them twice last week. Got a great video of them play fighting in the water on the saturday and went again on the thursday.
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07-25-2024, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Twitchy15
horrible news, went to the zoo and saw them twice last week. Got a great video of them play fighting in the water on the saturday and went again on the thursday.
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First time was a scouting mission and the second time was to get the job done?
What other kind of pathological lunatic goes to the Zoo twice in one week?
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07-26-2024, 12:58 AM
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Is the Calgary Zoo cursed?
It seems like they can't catch a break with their history of animal deaths. However, this time their crisis management has been commendable. The communication, messaging, and transparency have been notably effective.
I was initially worried when they announced their vet would perform a necropsy, but relieved to learn they also had a third-party evaluation.
It's a tragic incident, but it's good to see the zoo taking responsible steps to at least address it.
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